Prairie Grove Cemetery
Appearance
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Historic Section | |
Grave marker for Reverend Andrew Buchanan, a veteran, taken 2016 | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | Bounded by Kate Smith, W. Buchanan, & Parks Sts., Prairie Grove, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 35°58′34″N 94°19′8″W / 35.97611°N 94.31889°W |
Area | 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) |
Built | 1818 |
NRHP reference No. | 15000292[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 8, 2016 |
The Prairie Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery on West Buchanan and Kate Smith Streets in Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas. Located just west of downtown Prairie Grove, the cemetery is the burial ground for many of the area's early settlers, with the oldest known burial occurring in 1818. It has more than 3,000 interments, and continues in active use. It is owned and maintained by a private not-for-profit cemetery association.[2]
The historic portion of the cemetery (about 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) of its eastern half) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]
Gallery
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Headstone, taken 2016
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Grave and headstone, taken 2016
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Grave marker, taken 2016
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Headstone, taken 2016
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Headstone, taken 11 March 2016
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St. Louis, Missouri, and environs
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Prairie Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, 2018
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Prairie Grove Cemetery Historic Section" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
External links
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Categories:
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Buildings and structures completed in 1818
- Protected areas of Washington County, Arkansas
- Buildings and structures in Washington County, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Arkansas
- Cemeteries established in the 1810s