[1] Aspen Grove Cemetery was established in 1843.

[2] The Aspen Grove Cemetery Association was approved by the Legislature of the Iowa Territory in December 1843 and they first met on January 3, 1844.

[3] Charles Starker, the first president of the Cemetery Association, designed and laid out a large portion of the cemetery.

[6] By 1935, the cemetery had 32,000 interments and had expanded to around 100 acres.

[7] By 1930, the cemetery started expanding to the north, laying out roads closer to Sunnyside Avenue.