About Benson Cemetery
Benson Cemetery is a cemetery near Washington, Washington County, Iowa. It lies about 6.0 mi northwest of Washington. The grounds sit at about 735 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1825045. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pleasant Hill Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, about 5.4 mi away. It is one of 70 cemeteries we list in Washington County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Washington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.23768, -91.61077
What Benson 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
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryWashington, IACemetery2.0 mi
- Fern Cliff Evangelic CemeteryWashington, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Moore CemeteryWashington, IACemetery3.2 mi
- Rumble CemeteryWashington, IACemetery3.6 mi
- Crawfordsville CemeteryWashington, IACemetery3.7 mi
- Sommers CemeteryWashington, IACemetery3.7 mi
- Bethel Mennonite Church CemeteryWashington, IAMennonite and Amish cemetery3.8 mi
- Martin CemeteryWashington, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryWashington, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Eicher CemeteryWashington, IACemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Benson Cemetery
- Beatty Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Washington · (319) 653-2164
- Whitney Monument Works - Washington6.0 miMonument dealer · Washington · (641) 472-4104
- Jones & Eden Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Washington · (319) 653-2105
- Beatty Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Wayland · (319) 256-4081
- Honts Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Winfield · (319) 257-6244
- Gould Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Brighton · (319) 694-2125
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