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This list of cemeteries in Iowa includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Iowa from 1834 to 1963. Capital punishment was abolished in Iowa in 1965. [1] 45 people were executed in Iowa from 1834-1963, all by hanging. [2] In 2020, a man from Iowa, Dustin Lee Honken, was federally executed at USP Terre Haute by lethal injection. [3]
Aspen Grove Cemetery was established in 1843. [2] The Aspen Grove Cemetery Association was approved by the Legislature of the Iowa Territory in December 1843 and they first met on January 3, 1844. [3] Charles Starker, the first president of the Cemetery Association, designed and laid out a large portion of the cemetery. [4]
St. Boniface Catholic Church (Westphalia, Iowa) St. John's Lutheran Church (Hampton, Iowa) St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Bauer, Iowa) St. Michael's Catholic Church (Holbrook, Iowa) Sharon Cemetery Historic District; Slinde Mounds State Preserve; South Jordan Cemetery; Spring Creek Friends Cemetery
The first cemetery associated with the Iowa Men's Reformatory, now a penitentiary, was begun in 1876 at Prison Farm No. 1 or possibly at Farm No. 5. Its exact location is unknown. [2] The graves are of those prisoners whose bodies were left unclaimed or were not taken to one of the state's medical colleges. They were buried in common graves ...
Oakland Cemetery was deeded to the residents of Iowa City on February 13, 1843. Over the years the cemetery has expanded to 40 acres (160,000 m 2 ). Supported by taxpayers, the cemetery is a non-perpetual care facility.
Prior to that, the cemetery was owned by the city. However the city had not done a good job maintaining the cemetery, which resulted in the cemetery being in poor condition. This led to a number of citizens voting to turn over control to the Association. Recently, the cemetery has built a mausoleum that also includes a number of columbarium ...
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery located at 10378 Military Road in Key West, Iowa approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) south of Dubuque. It is one of the two large Catholic cemeteries located in the Dubuque area. The cemetery is located near Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Key West, but is operated independently.