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Oak Grove Cemetery (Conway, Arkansas)

Coordinates: 35°4′54″N 92°25′43″W / 35.08167°N 92.42861°W / 35.08167; -92.42861
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Oak Grove Cemetery Historic Section
Oak Grove Cemetery (Conway, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Oak Grove Cemetery (Conway, Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Oak Grove Cemetery (Conway, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Oak Grove Cemetery (Conway, Arkansas)
Location in United States
LocationE. Bruce St., approx. .3 mi. E. of the jct of Harkrider St., Conway, Arkansas
Coordinates35°4′54″N 92°25′43″W / 35.08167°N 92.42861°W / 35.08167; -92.42861
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1881 (1881)
ArchitectF.L. Funston, Monahan and Visquesney/Steinert
NRHP reference No.09000341[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 4, 2009

Oak Grove Cemetery is the oldest cemetery of the city of Conway, Arkansas. It was established in 1880, five years after the town was incorporated and nine after its first settlement. The cemetery is in active use, with more than 3,000 burials. Among the interred are many of the city's earliest and most prominent citizens.[2]

The historic portion of the cemetery, roughly 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) at its center,[2] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Oak Grove Cemetery Historic Section". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
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