Iowa officially became a state in 1846 but, if you do some searching, you can find a number that even predates Iowa’s statehood. The Keokuk National Cemetery, located in far southeast Iowa has been around so long, that it’s on the National Register of Historic Places and has a large number of soldiers who fought in the Civil War buried there. The Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City has a giant Black Angel Statue that was built in 1843 and the 70-acre Elmwood-St. Joseph’s cemetery in Mason City has been around since 1815.