State Hospital Cemetery
State Hospital Cemetery is a cemetery in Sumner Township, Buchanan, Iowa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Independence Mental Health Institute.
Independence Mental Health Institute
Hospital
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The Independence State Hospital was built in 1873 as the second asylum in the state of Iowa. It is located in Independence, Iowa. The original plan for patients was to relieve crowding from the hospital at Mount Pleasant and to hold alcoholics, geriatrics, drug addicts, mentally ill, and the criminally insane. Independence Mental Health Institute is situated 1 mile north of State Hospital Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Independence and Otterville.
Independence
Independence is a city in, and the county seat of, Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 6,064 at the 2020 census.
Otterville
Hamlet
Otterville is a small unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States, northwest of Independence. Otterville is situated 4½ miles north of State Hospital Cemetery.
State Hospital Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Mental Health Institute Cemetery”
- Category: burial
- Location: Sumner Township, Buchanan, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.44459° or 42° 26′ 41″ northLongitude
-91.92515° or 91° 55′ 31″ westElevation
951 feet (290 metres)Open location code
86JCC3VF+RWOpenStreetMap ID
way 902040698OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4877476
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