Location Verified
Newton Graveyard
Address
- Street:
- 101 North 4th Avenue West
- City:
- Newton
- State:
- Iowa
- Zip Code:
- 50208
- County:
- Jasper
- Phone:
- None
Location
- GPS Coordinates:
- 41.70282, -93.054245
- Maps:
Facts
- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Active:
- No
- Condition:
- Relocated
- Established:
- 1846
- First/Oldest Burial:
- Unknown
- Affiliation:
- Non-Sectarian/Public
- Access Type:
- Unknown
- Historic Site:
- Unknown
- Website:
- None
- Cemetery Map:
- None
- Notes:
The cemetery's first records were destroyed in 1889, making it challenging to identify unmarked graves. The absence of early newspaper files and funeral home records compounds this problem.
The first town cemetery, the Newton Graveyard, was located north of the Square, where the Newton Optometric Center is now located. There is no record of the number of burials, nor the date of the first burial. Since the cemetery is shown on the 1846 plat of Newton, it can be assumed that the first burial may have occurred before 1850.
Last Update
- 21 April 2025
