Black Oak Cemetery

Black Oak Cemetery
Nearest city Greenland, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°58′48″N 94°13′44″W / 35.98000°N 94.22889°W / 35.98000; -94.22889Coordinates: 35°58′48″N 94°13′44″W / 35.98000°N 94.22889°W / 35.98000; -94.22889
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1843 (1843)
NRHP Reference # 98000619[1]
Added to NRHP June 3, 1998

The Black Oak Cemetery is a historic cemetery in a remote area of Washington County, Arkansas, southwest of Greenland. It is located on a knob of land at the southern end of a north-south ridge east of Miller Mountain, and is best accessed via spur road running northward from Illinois Chapel Road (County Road 20) west of Arkansas Highway 265. The 3-acre (1.2 ha) cemetery contains an estimated 300 burials, with known dates of burial ranging from 1843 to 1935. The entrance to the cemetery is marked by a pair of stone piers, and its northern extent is thought to be marked by a line of cedar trees. Some of Washington County's earliest settlers are buried in this cemetery, including its first territorial representative, John Alexander.[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Black Oak Cemetery" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-19.


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