Plymouth County
Elkhorn Pioneer Cemetery
aka Quorn Cemetery, Plymouth County, Iowa
The town of Quorn was founded near Kingsley, Iowa, in the 1880’s. It was hoped that the town would become a railroad stop, but when the railroad chose nearby Kingsley instead, Quorn soon disappeared. Today only the cemetery remains to remind us of the location.
This is a Pioneer Cemetery located in Elkhorn Township, Plymouth County, Iowa. History records that some of the graves were moved from an area closer to the west fork branch of the Little Sioux River, to avoid loosing loved ones burials to it’s waters due to ground erosion in that cemetery. As a result this cemetery’s name has been controversial through the years since the early graves were moved away from the flood area. Thus this cemetery is referred at times by both names—Pioneer and Quorn. Today the sign reads, “Elkhorn Pioneer Cemetery,” which was also formerly known by the locals as “Quorn Cemetery.”
The Quorn Cemetery was canvassed and the records compiled by an interim genealogy class at Westmar College, LeMars, Iowa, in January, 1974. Instructor of the class was: Dr. Mark Minor.
(These records are listed below along with updates since 1974. The recent update finds were located in published obituaries and/or Plymouth County Court House Death records.)
