Fairview Cemetery (Van Buren, Arkansas)

	Fairview Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	View of Confederate graves in the cemetery
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Location	Bounded by AR 59, McKibben Ave. & Poplar St., Van Buren, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°26′28″N 94°21′03″W / 35.4412°N 94.3508°W
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1816
NRHP reference No.	05000489
Added to NRHP	June 1, 2005

Fairview Cemetery, also known as the Van Buren Cemetery, is a historic cemetery on the east side of Arkansas Highway 59 in Van Buren, Arkansas. The 10-acre (4.0 ha) cemetery's oldest graves date to 1816, the period of the region's settlement, and include some of Van Buren's first settlers. First established as an informal private burial ground, it was given to the city by John Drennen in 1846.

Confederate Section

In 1861 a section in the eastern portion of the cemetery was set aside for burials related to the American Civil War; this section contains 442 graves of Confederate Army soldiers and eight of Union Army soldiers.^[2]^[3] Most of the Confederate graves are marked "UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE SOLDIER."^[2] Also buried is Confederate Congressman Hugh French Thomason (1826–1893).

The Confederate portion of the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 for its association with the war and commemorative organizations, and the entire cemetery was listed in 2005 for its relevance to the history of area.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plaque identifying Confederate Section
Dedication Plaque
Grave Marker for Alber Wilson
Monument for G. Phillips
Monument identifying NRHP status of Confederate Lot

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NRHP nomination for Fairview Cemetery, Confederate Section". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Fairview Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-01.

External links

Fairview Cemetery at Find a Grave

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP_CONF-2] "NRHP nomination for Fairview Cemetery, Confederate Section". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-01.

[NRHP-3] "NRHP nomination for Fairview Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-01.

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