About Van Meter Cemetery
Van Meter Cemetery is a cemetery near Van Meter, Dallas County, Iowa. The grounds sit at about 948 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 462535. The nearest other listed cemetery is Clayton Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory - Adel Chapel in Adel, about 7.1 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Dallas County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Van Meter. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.52707, -93.94428
What Van Meter Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Clayton CemeteryVan Meter, IACemetery1.2 mi
- Iowa Veterans CemeteryVan Meter, IAVeterans cemetery1.3 mi
- Thornton CemeteryVan Meter, IACemetery2.2 mi
- Payton CemeteryVan Meter, IACemetery2.8 mi
- United Brethren CemeteryVan Meter, IACemetery2.9 mi
- Oakland CemeteryDe Soto, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Booneville CemeteryVan Meter, IACemetery3.1 mi
- Otterman CemeteryDe Soto, IACemetery3.4 mi
- German Lutheran CemeteryVan Meter, IALutheran cemetery3.6 mi
- Williams CemeteryAdel, IACemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Van Meter Cemetery
- Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory - Adel Chapel7.1 miCremation provider · Adel · (515) 993-4240
- Ernst Funeral Home & Cremation Services7.3 miFuneral home · Waukee · (515) 987-6881
- Iowa Cremation7.6 miCremation provider · Waukee · (515) 264-3407
- Des Moines Cremation8.6 miCremation provider · West Des Moines · (515) 331-6538
- Celebrate Life Iowa Cremation Services11 miCremation provider · West Des Moines · (515) 689-5522
- Hamilton's Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · West Des Moines · (515) 224-0078
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