At one time in the 1970's and 1980's, it was almost declared a "ghost town" but the area has seen some revitalization in recent years. My father lived there for a time when he was a child, and occasionally took us back to River Junction to see what was left and to visit "Shotgun Annie", an old lady who guarded in the shells of the original old buildings of "Stumptown".
The below listings from the River Junction Cemetery were extracted from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) cemetery surveys done in the late 1930's. The lastest burial date on this list is 1937. There are no doubt more burials at River Junction Cemetery.
Sections in yellow indicate additional information added that did
not appear on the WPA survey. Items marked "FR" came from "Fork of the
Rivers" by Mabel Estle Brown (deceased). Information from this book
is being used with the permission of her daughter.
| Last | First | Born | Died | Notes/Contacts |
| Adams | Mary E | 12 Jun 1855 | 13 Jan 1882 | . |
| Aubrecht | James | . | 30 Jan 1901 | 57y |
| Aubrecht | Joseph | 1888 | 1932 | . |
| Aubrecht | Katie | . | 07 Mar 1920 | 65y |
| Boos | Martha | . | 18 Sep 1860 | 1y |
| Boos | Oliver P | . | 20 May 1860 | Son of Wm |
| Boos | Wm D | . | 13 Apr 1856 | 4y |
| Burge | Jay | 1882 | 1931 | . |
| Burge | Jerry | 1919 | 1923 | . |
| Cline | Infant | 08 Apr 1898 | 09 Apr 1898 | 1 day |
| Cray | Zephaniah S. | 19 Oct 1841
Somerset Co NJ |
24 Oct 1923 | IA 2nd Cav Co G
h/o Louisa Sweet |
| Davenport | Barbara | 01 Apr 1832 | 29 Nov 1915 | . |
| Davenport | Lewis | 01 Oct 1817
NJ |
12 Jan 1894 | s/o John & Catherine Davenport |
| Decker | Clifton B | 10 Aug 1910 | 02 May 1911 | . |
| Douglas | John | 30 Nov 1881 | 06 Oct 1916 | . |
| Dryden | David | . | 11 Aug 1923 | 63y 11m |
| Dryden | Jessie S | . | 09 Feb 1922 | 60y |
| Edwards | Florella May | 11 Apr 1884 | 26 Jul 1927 | . |
| Edwards | Lysle | 1901 | 1935 | US Navy Hospital Corps |
| Edwards | Walter Lee | 04 Dec 1874 | 29 Nov 1938 | h/o Mae Sweet
f/o Paul, Arnold, Mrs. Wm.Swailes & Mrs. Merrill Flake |
| Fountain | Sarah | 23 Dec 1872 | 01 Jan 1897 | nee Raynor
d/o Joseph Raynor 1st wife of Harry L. Fountain m/o Rosa Blanche Fountain |
| Gray | Louise Sweet | 21 Oct 1839 | 27 Mar 1925 | |
| Hamilton | John | . | 23 Jul 1848 | 48y |
| Haskell | Infant | . | 09 Dec 1864 | 7days
believed to be child of George W & Angeline Sweet Haskell |
| Hawthorne | Aggie | 31 Mar 1869 | 18 May 1904 | . |
| Hawthorne | Elmer | 06 Apr 1891 | 05 May 1904 | . |
| Heppeht | Della | . | 1890 | 1y |
| Heppeht | Emma | . | 1890 | 24y |
| Hilton | Mary R | 22 Nov 1870 | 11 Aug 1922 | . |
| Huskins | Franklin | 1853 | 1924 | . |
| Huskins | Frederic | 1875 | 1889 | . |
| Huskins | Lillie F | 1856 | 1932 | . |
| Kincaid | Jehu | 1845 | 1923 | . |
| Kincaid | Louisa | 1851 | 1929 | . |
| Luscomb | Amy D | 28 Apr 1834 | 30 May 1911 | . |
| McCullough | Henry B | 29 Aug 1838
Tuscarawas Co OH |
24 Oct 1902 | s/o Samuel & Sarah McCullough
mar. 28 Nov 1862 f/o Willie, Aggie T., Ora Belle and Jessie V. was time keeper and depot agent at the River Junction train yard FR |
| McCullough | Rose | 01 Mar 1843
Johnson Co IA |
03 May 1904 | w/o Henry
d/o A.T. McElwain parents settled in Johnson Co in 1838 FR |
| Magruder | Anna M | . | 31 May 1891 | 41y |
| Magruder | Edwin E | 1916 | 1933 | . |
| Magruder | Freddie D | . | 06 Mar 1882 | 2y |
| Magruder | George | . | 25 Jan 1926 | 86y |
| Magruder | James M | 1856
Johnson Co IA |
1937 | s/o James & Ruth Magruder
m. 01 Jan 1880 at brides home Conesville IA FR |
| Magruder | Millie Agnes | 03 Jun 1860
Coshocton Co OH |
1936
Lone Tree IA |
nee Norris
d/o John & Mary Adams Norris w/o James M. mother of Earl, Lloyd, Alice and Edna FR |
| Mullinnix | Infant | 1907 | 1907 | inf of: Floyd and Letha |
| Mullinnix | John L | 1855 | 1934 | . |
| Mullinnix | Letha Bronson | 10 Sep 1885 | 23 Jan 1909 | . |
| Mullinnix | Robert W | 17 Aug 1920 | 22 Jul 1921 | . |
| Mullinnix | Samantha J | 1860 | 1928 | . |
| Mullinnix | Wilma J | 20 Oct 1909 | 29 Aug 1918 | . |
| Musser | Elizabeth | 25 Jun 1845 | 18 Jan 1909 | . |
| Musser | Gladys | 1903 | 11 Nov 1908 | 4y
d/o John Dolson & Mary Jeannette "May" Fountain Musser |
| Musser | John D | 29 Oct 1842 | 24 Jul 1900 | . |
| Nelson | Thomas B | 1856 | 1933 | s/o Stewart & Malissa Nelson
FR |
| Nunnally | Irvin M | 21 Dec 1905 | 02 Sep 1922 | . |
| Nunnally | Rose Ellen | 18 Dec 1864 | 27 Jul 1930 | d/o James & Mary Fountain Walker
w/o Joel F. Nunnally mar Jan 1890 in Johnson Co. |
| Prerman | August | 11 Apr 1872 | 20 Feb 1921 | . |
| Porter | Ebb D | 1860 | 1937 | . |
| Rayner | Alice | . | 05 Oct 1882 | 12y |
| Rayner | Elizabeth | . | 22 Feb 1899 | 90y |
| Rayner | Gertie | . | 16 Jul 1887 | 5m |
| Rayner | Infant | . | 18 Apr 1885 | . |
| Rayner | Jemima J | 16 Jun 1844 | 25 Apr 1933 | nee Musser
w/o Joseph Rayner mar Johnson Co 8 Mar 1864 |
| Rayner | Joseph | . | 17 Aug 1881 | 9m |
| Rayner | Joseph | . | 01 Aug 1895 | 83y
grain and stock dealer per the 1882-1883 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory |
| Rayner | Joseph | 01 Aug 1840 | 09 Jan 1912 | . |
| Rayner | Leroy | 1897 | 26 Jul 1899 | 2y |
| Rayner | Mattie | 1862 | 1933 | . |
| Rayner | Wm | 24 May 1848 | 22 Jul 1921 | . |
| Reppert | Bert | 1868 | 1934 | . |
| Reppert | Edwin | 1860 | 1932 | . |
| Reppert | Emily C | 30 May 1847 | 01 Mar 1886 | . |
| Reppert | Ephraim L | 26 Sep 1850 | 27 Feb 1930 | . |
| Reppert | Lewis | 09 Jun 1817 | 10 Feb 1886 | book agent per the 1882-1883
Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory |
| Schwartz | Elizabeth | 06 Apr 1816 | 16 May 1915 | . |
| Shellady | Charles B | 1861 | 1935 | . |
| Shellady | Harriett | 12 Oct 1882 | 09 Mar 1924 | . |
| Shellady | Isabelle | . | 18 Apr 1904 | 75y |
| Shellady | Robert R | 24 Jul 1858 | 30 Dec 1915 | . |
| Shellady | Robert R | . | 06 Jan 1897 | 76y |
| Shepard | Addie S | 1861 | 1937 | . |
| Shepard | Horace H | 1855 | 1930 | . |
| Shepherd | Chas M | 11 Jun 1857 | 10 Apr 1899 | . |
| Shepherd | William C. | 1826 | 24 Jul 1911 | Co A, IA 2nd Reg, CW |
| Smith | Jesse L. | 16 Feb 1897 | 20 Jun 1924 | WWI Vet
s/o George Walker & Rhoda Anne Fountain Smith |
| Stober | Infant | . | 19 Jan 1909 | child of John Albert & Bessie Fountain Stober |
| Sweet | David | . | 19 Sep 1844 | 44y |
| Sweet | Caleb | 1834 | 28 Apr 1915 | Co C IA 2nd Cav |
| Sweet | Lydia | . | 06 Jan 1884 | 79y |
| Sweet | Margaret | 07 Apr 1846 | 22 Nov 1929 | . |
| Sweet | Wm T | 29 Mar 1832 | 21 Sep 1913 | . |
| Tantlinger | Bell | 17 May 1867 | 18 Aug 1868 | . |
| Tantlinger | John A | . | 25 Jan 1876 | 18y |
| Tantlinger | Silas A | . | 24 Jun 1858 | 2y |
| Walker | Female Infant | . | 06 Mar 1880 | . |
| Walker | Jessie V | 21 Oct 1876 | 12 Aug 1902 | nee McCullough
d/o Henry B & Rose McElwain McCullough w/o Isa Walker m/o Vere M. Walker FR |
| Walker | Oscar V | 04 Sep 1896 | 07 Feb 1897 | . |
| Welsh | Elizabeth | . | 08 Mar 1877 | 48y |
| Welsh | Ellen A | . | 18 Apr 1851 | 2y |
| Welsh | Ephraim | . | 18 Jun 1881 | 59y |
| Westfall | Bernice | 1900 | 1922 | . |
| Wortinger | Amos | 17 Mar 1846 | 04 Oct 1917 | son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Walker Wortinger
h/o Sarah Nelson (also have found listed buried at Swank Cemetery) |