Keokuk National Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 40.398876, -91.406360
County: Lee
Record count: 6,335

Ownership: National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Directions: Located in the south-central portion of Keokuk city limits, the cemetery lies just west of the downtown area. Best way to get there is to take S 16th St. west, then bear right on Elm St. and follow that to the cemetery entrance.

Background: Keokuk National Cemetery in Keokuk, Iowa, was established during the Civil War to inter soldiers who died in five military hospitals set up in the area, which served troops transported from Southern battlefields. Originally part of Oakland Cemetery, the 2.75-acre site was donated to the U.S. government in the mid-19th century. By 1871, it held 627 interments, including 600 known Union soldiers, 27 unknowns, and eight Confederate prisoners of war. Additional reinterments occurred in 1908 from Fort Yates, North Dakota, and in 1948 from Des Moines. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Burial Records

• View All Transcriptions Combined, 6,335 records
  • Unidentified Burials, by Interment.net, April 17, 2025, (48 records)
  • Veterans Affairs Database, by Interment.net, April 17, 2025, (6,287 records)

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