About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. It lies about 0.8 mi east of Waterloo. The grounds sit at about 886 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Horace Boies and Andrew G. Reid. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 456348. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Locke Funeral Home in Waterloo, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 60 cemeteries we list in Black Hawk County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Waterloo. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 governor.
- Horace Boies1827-1923American politician
- Andrew G. Reid1878-1941American football player and coach, athletic administrator, and lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
42.49165, -92.35796
What Elmwood 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
- Calvary CemeteryWaterloo, IACemetery0.7 mi
- Waterloo CemeteryWaterloo, IACemetery1.2 mi
- Fairview CemeteryWaterloo, IACemetery1.4 mi
- Waterloo Memorial ParkWaterloo, IAMemorial park1.9 mi
- Pet Haven CemeteryCedar Falls, IAPet cemetery2.7 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryWaterloo, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Sons of Jacob CemeteryEvansdale, IACemetery3.8 mi
- Hillcrest CemeteryEvansdale, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Muslim CemeteryEvansdale, IAMuslim cemetery3.9 mi
- George Wyth Memorial State ParkCedar Falls, IACemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Locke Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Waterloo · (319) 233-6138
- Hagarty-waychoff-grarup Funeral Service0.6 miFuneral home · Waterloo · (319) 234-6274
- Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service1.5 miFuneral home · Waterloo · (319) 233-3393
- Greer Funeral Home Inc1.6 miFuneral home · Waterloo · (319) 232-8683
- Kearns Funeral Service1.7 miFuneral home · Waterloo · (319) 233-3146
- Us Cremation Society2.0 miCremation provider · Waterloo · (319) 529-9525
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