The City of Seward has two cemetery maps: a "master" cemetery map and an editable cemetery map for the public to share their information. If you are looking for a burial plot or a plot for reservation, please use the "master" cemetery map to identify plots that are available. The legend in the top left corner of the master cemetery map will show that available plots are in green, occupied plots are in pink, and reserved plots are in yellow. The Plot ID number is labeled on the plot itself. Please note, we are currently still updating our available plots within the older sections of the City cemetery.  For now, we ask those seeking a burial plot within the City cemetery to focus on the section east of the existing Oddfellows cemetery as that area has plenty of available plots. We thank you for understanding as we aim to make our cemetery map more complete. 

Available plots east of the existing Oddfellows Cemetery

Note: If you are looking to be buried in the American Legion, Pioneers, or Masons Cemetery, please contact those organizations. The City is not responsible for plot assignments nor plot reservations within those cemeteries. 

Cemetery Map

This map shows where individuals are laid to rest within the following cemeteries: City, Jesse Lee, American Legion, Pioneers, Masonic, and the old Oddfellows cemetery. Plot information includes headstone photos and associated obituaries.

Cemetery Editable Map

This map is for the public to add to or edit any information in the cemetery map. Attachments can be uploaded to individuals such as headstone photos or associated obituaries. All edits will be reviewed by the Community Development staff. Instructions on how to use this map are provided in this short tutorial video. 

Editable Mapping Project

When the City cemetery became the main cemetery of Seward in the 1930's, no accurate mapping or records had been maintained. In 1983, the book, Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Death Records and Cemetery Inscriptions, by the group, Kenai Totem Tracers, was published. This book recorded the marked and unmarked graves of individuals buried in the multiple cemeteries located on the Kenai Peninsula, including those in Seward. In the early 2000's, past Community Development Director, Kerry Martin, began heavily researching the individuals buried within the City cemetery and surrounding cemeteries, attempting to identify and locate known and unknown individuals. His research was added to the second book published by Kenai Totem Tracers, Cemetery Inscriptions and Area Memorials in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Borough, in 2004*. In this book, there is a list of individuals whose burial locations are unknown. There are around 400 individuals within the City Cemetery whose burial locations have not been identified, not including individuals buried in the private cemeteries nearby. The list was compiled onto a spreadsheet and can be found here. If you have information on any individuals on the list, please add a burial plot for the individual on the editable map or contact Community Development staff. 

Since 2004, staff and volunteers have taken the time to keep improving the cemetery records by surveying and mapping out the cemeteries and by taking photos of burial sites that have headstones. In 2022, City Council approved Resolution 2022-076 which authorized ground penetrating radar (GPR) services to be conducted in the City cemetery. Both the west and east sides of the City cemetery and the section near the old Oddfellows cemetery were surveyed. The results can be seen on both maps above by clicking the Layer List icon in the mapping application and clicking on the layer, 2022 GPR survey results. 

Using these results with the Kenai Totem Tracers information as well as using past and recent GIS information, an editable map was created so that the community has a platform to share their knowledge. We are extremely thankful for the efforts that have been made in the past in helping improve our cemetery and we hope this editable map makes it easier to keep making those improvements. Thank you for your interest in our cemeteries!

*To view sections of the 2004 Cemetery Inscriptions and Area Memorials in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Borough, text files were given to USGenWeb Archives by Kenai Totem Tracers and those online links can be found under Resources on the right-hand side of this webpage.