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88historic places
—earliest paper
1834formed
99,266pop. 2020
83cemeteries
—CW battlefields
At a glance
Summary
The National Register of Historic Places includes 88 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Dubuque, Dyersville, Durango.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
Dubuque County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).
1840
1860
1880
1900
1920
1940
1950
1960
1980
2000
2020
3,059
31,164
42,996
56,403
58,262
63,768
71,337
80,048
93,745
89,143
99,266
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
Cemeteries & historical places
USGS GNIS
83 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
Cemeteries — 80 of 83 listed
Name
Lat
Lon
Asbury Cemetery
42.51367
-90.75558
Assumption Cemetery
42.29694
-90.73911
Baehler Cemetery (historical)
42.43334
-90.73346
Bankston Park Cemetery (historical)
42.55972
-90.94735
Bethel Cemetery
42.30915
-90.68867
Cascade Protestant Cemetery
42.2972
-91.02393
Center Grove Cemetery
42.49134
-90.71141
Centralia Presbyterian Cemetery
42.49234
-90.8325
Cherry Hill Cemetery
42.50055
-90.70234
Christian Cemetery
42.58055
-90.90846
Congregational Rock Cemetery
42.56667
-90.80846
Cottage Hill Cemetery
42.58381
-90.91772
Cottage Hill Protestant Cemetery
42.58622
-90.91259
Doctor Finleys Cemetery
42.49722
-90.68345
Dubuque Memorial Gardens Cemetery
42.41406
-90.72683
Durango Cemetery
42.56026
-90.77754
Durango Congregational Cemetery
42.56149
-90.78883
East Rickardsville Methodist Cemetery
42.58353
-90.88165
Epworth Cemetery
42.42269
-90.9315
Fagen Property Cemetery
42.51944
-91.00291
Fairview Cemetery
42.4343
-91.01473
Floyd Cemetery
42.59722
-90.98069
French Cemetery
42.38245
-90.66954
Green Cemetery (historical)
42.40834
-90.60568
Harmony Cemetery
42.29563
-90.68782
Highview Cemetery
42.45539
-90.93085
Hogan Cemetery
42.45
-90.98624
Holy Cross Cemetery
42.60146
-90.99791
Holy Family Cemetery
42.38668
-90.81033
Holy Trinity Cemetery
42.60034
-91.07498
International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
42.60442
-90.79097
Jackson Park Cemetery
42.50723
-90.66989
Johns Creek Cemetery
42.38196
-91.03373
Johnson Cemetery
42.45475
-90.87918
Lattnerville Catholic Cemetery
42.48477
-90.88733
Linwood Cemetery
42.52412
-90.66492
McGee Cemetery
42.4855
-91.00627
Michael Schmitt Cemetery
42.44167
-90.85013
Mines of Spain Cemetery
42.45007
-90.62866
Mount Calvary Cemetery
42.53083
-90.66123
Mount Hope Cemetery
42.4719
-91.09404
Mount Olivet Cemetery
42.44382
-90.68619
Myer Property Cemetery
42.62777
-91.08346
New Melleray Abbey Cemetery
42.39107
-90.80805
Peosta Union Cemetery
42.45525
-90.8509
Presentation Sisters Cemetery
42.44166
-90.68901
Presley Presbyterian Cemetery
42.35339
-90.69774
Preston Cemetery
42.43195
-90.61124
Reeds Chapel Methodist Cemetery
42.45112
-90.76207
Resurrection Cemetery
42.51585
-90.74552
Rockdale Cemetery
42.4704
-90.68023
Rooney Cemetery
42.38334
-90.67513
Sacred Heart Cemetery
42.33432
-90.87139
Saint Boniface Catholic Cemetery
42.47916
-91.08347
Saint Boniface Cemetery
42.55168
-91.11483
Saint Catherine Cemetery
42.40599
-90.59263
Saint Clements Cemetery
42.51964
-90.96176
Saint Francis of Assisi Cemetery
42.63678
-90.86712
Saint John Lutheran Cemetery
42.53153
-90.81395
Saint John the Baptist Cemetery
42.47044
-90.83447
Saint Johns Cemetery
42.53055
-90.66734
Saint Johns Cemetery
42.38913
-90.92688
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
42.44866
-90.9961
Saint Joseph of the Prairie Cemetery
42.38037
-90.73903
Saint Martins Catholic Cemetery
42.29824
-91.02386
Saint Marys Cemetery
42.29928
-91.02329
Saint Matthews Lutheran Cemetery
42.6043
-90.79109
Saint Patricks Cemetery
42.44292
-90.93136
Saint Paul Cemetery
42.39312
-91.12665
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery
42.63837
-90.89692
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery
42.60368
-90.79074
Sherrill Methodist Cemetery
42.60643
-90.78561
Sherrill Presbyterian Cemetery
42.5929
-90.77139
Sherrill United Church of Christ Cemetery
42.60111
-90.77978
Simpson Street Cemetery
42.48694
-90.69238
Sisters of Charity Cemetery
42.47273
-90.65365
Sisters of Charity Cemetery
42.38334
-90.73346
Sniffea Cemetery
42.48889
-90.77791
Third Street Cemetery
42.49517
-90.66953
Tivoli Cemetery
42.51944
-90.9918
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
Name
Lat
Lon
Bennettsville
42.36001
-90.72819
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
Historical markers
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