Oakland Cemetery - Iowa City

Oakland Cemetery was deeded to "the people of Iowa City" by the Iowa territorial legislature on Feb. 13, 1843. The original plot was one block square, with the southwest corner at Governor and Church. Over the years, the cemetery has been expanded and now encompasses 40 acres. Oakland Cemetery is a non-perpetual care cemetery and is supported by city taxes. The staff is strongly committed to the maintenance and preservation of privately owned lots and accessories.

Since its establishment, the cemetery has become the final resting place of many important people in the history of Iowa, of Iowa City, and the University of Iowa. These include Robert E. Lucas, first governor of the territory (1838-41); Samuel J. Kirkwood, governor during the Civil War (1860-64), again in 1876, a U.S. senator in 1877, and subsequently, secretary of the interior and U.S. minister to Spain; well-known presidents of the university, Walter A. Jessup (1915-33) and Virgil M. Hancher (1940-64); Cordelia Swan

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