About Graceland Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery is a cemetery near Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa. It lies about 1.1 mi northeast of Webster City. The grounds sit at about 1,079 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including MacKinlay Kantor and Howard Kibble Hughes. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 457005. The nearest other listed cemetery is Granceland Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Boman Funeral Home in Webster City, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Hamilton County, and 20 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Webster City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Graceland Cemetery
Among them: 1 journalist, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 scientist, 1 writer.
- MacKinlay Kantor1904-1977American journalist, novelist and screenwriter
- Howard Kibble Hughes1899-1976American mathematician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Graceland 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
42.45844, -93.83199
What Graceland 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
- Granceland CemeteryWebster City, IACemetery0.1 mi
- Calvary CemeteryWebster City, IACemetery0.2 mi
- Cass Creek CemeteryWebster City, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Cass Center CemeteryWebster City, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Saratoga CemeteryWebster City, IACemetery7.3 mi
- Homer CemeteryWebster City, IACemetery7.4 mi
- Zion CemeteryJewell, IACemetery8.1 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryWebster City, IAChristian cemetery8.3 mi
- Washington CemeteryWebster City, IAChristian cemetery8.4 mi
- French Church CemeteryWebster City, IAChurch cemetery8.4 mi
Funeral homes near Graceland Cemetery
- Boman Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Webster City · (515) 832-6001
- Foster Funeral Home Inc.1.0 miFuneral home · Webster City · (515) 832-2110
- Soderstrum - Reimers Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Jewell · (515) 827-5421
- Foust Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Eagle Grove · (515) 448-3674
- Surls Funeral Chapel15 miFuneral chapel · Williams · (515) 854-2288
- Carson-Stapp Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Dayton · (515) 547-2512
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