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West Cemetery

Van Wert, Decatur County, Iowa, USA

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Get directions 137th Street
Van Wert, Iowa 50144 United States

Coordinates: 40.84546, -93.86507
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This is a pioneer family plot with only 3 gravestones. William & Elizabeth WEST came to Decatur County in 1854 from Ohio. The small area (10' x 10') is enclosed with a rusty iron fence & gate; overgrown with day lilies and weeds. The cemetery is very close to the road.

On some county maps, 2 cemeteries are shown (one north, and one south of the road). As far as we know, there is only the one cemetery on the north side of the road. The road was changed several years ago and may have been marked twice at that time.

One Decatur County woman remembers that when a girl, her older brothers would take her by this cemetery which they called "slaves cemetery" to scare her. There are reports that there were 2 black people buried here.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1822883 (West Cemetery).

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