Middleburg Cemetery
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Middleburg Cemetery

Also known as Capel Township Cemetery , Reformed Church Cemetery

Sioux County, Iowa, USA

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    Coordinates: 43.11030, -96.07720
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Middleburg Cemetery is located in Capel Township's Section 29, Sioux County, Iowa. Surrounding towns include Hull and Boyden to the North, Orange City to the South, Sioux Center to the West, Hospers to the East and Orange City to the South. The cemetery is located off 370th Street, just west of County Road K64, southwest of the unincorporated town of Middleburg, whose last published census count (1925) was 47 people.



Middleburg Cemetery was formed as the Reformed Church Cemetery, and later became the Capel Township Cemetery. Cemetery Records include burial dates and plot ownership only. The Vander Wilt family has held these records for generations.



The first burial was in 1890. Johnie Meerdink, one-year-old, was buried there in October, but no stone marks his grave. Three-year-old Johanna Leusink was laid to rest there in December of that year. 5 month old Mary DeGroot was the next infant to be interred here in April of 1892. Geertje Sijtsema Vander Zwaag, who died in October of that year, was the first adult buried in this cemetery.



The church affiliated with this cemetery closed, and its congregants scattered to nearby communities' churches. New burials take place here regularly.





Middleburg Cemetery is located in Capel Township's Section 29, Sioux County, Iowa. Surrounding towns include Hull and Boyden to the North, Orange City to the South, Sioux Center to the West, Hospers to the East and Orange City to the South. The cemetery is located off 370th Street, just west of County Road K64, southwest of the unincorporated town of Middleburg, whose last published census count (1925) was 47 people.



Middleburg Cemetery was formed as the Reformed Church Cemetery, and later became the Capel Township Cemetery. Cemetery Records include burial dates and plot ownership only. The Vander Wilt family has held these records for generations.



The first burial was in 1890. Johnie Meerdink, one-year-old, was buried there in October, but no stone marks his grave. Three-year-old Johanna Leusink was laid to rest there in December of that year. 5 month old Mary DeGroot was the next infant to be interred here in April of 1892. Geertje Sijtsema Vander Zwaag, who died in October of that year, was the first adult buried in this cemetery.



The church affiliated with this cemetery closed, and its congregants scattered to nearby communities' churches. New burials take place here regularly.





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