About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. It lies about 3.4 mi northwest of West Des Moines. The grounds sit at about 935 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 459689. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sunset Memorial Gardens, about 2.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Simplify Cremations & Funerals in Des Moines, about 1.8 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 71 listings in Polk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Des Moines. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.54847, -93.65839
What Oak Grove 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
- Sunset Memorial GardensNorwalk, IAMemorial park2.4 mi
- Benjamin F. Jesse Pioneer CemeteryWest Des Moines, IACemetery2.7 mi
- Woodland CemeteryDes Moines, IAChurch cemetery2.9 mi
- Emanuel CemeteryDes Moines, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Emmanuel CemeteryDes Moines, IAJewish cemetery3.0 mi
- Saint Ambrose CemeteryDes Moines, IACatholic cemetery3.2 mi
- Fort Des Moines CemeteryDes Moines, IACemetery3.5 mi
- Glendale Cemetery4909 University Avenue, Des Moines, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Masonic CemeteryUrbandale, IACemetery4.3 mi
- Resthaven Cemetery801 19th Street, West Des Moines, IACemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Simplify Cremations & Funerals1.8 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 207-3244
- Hamilton's Southtown Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 285-3911
- Tonini Chapel2.3 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 282-7311
- The Cremation Society of Iowa2.3 miCremation provider · Des Moines · (515) 277-8700
- Sunset Memorial Chapel2.5 miFuneral chapel · Des Moines · (515) 285-4600
- Cremation Society of Iowa2.5 miCremation provider · Des Moines · (888) 682-7002
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