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Oak Grove Cemetery (Conway, Arkansas)

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NRHP Reference #
  
09000341

Year built
  
1881

Area
  
1 ha

Added to NRHP
  
4 November 2009

Oak Grove Cemetery (Conway, Arkansas)

Location
  
E. Bruce St., approx. .3 mi. E. of the jct of Harkrider St., Conway, Arkansas

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.

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

References

Oak Grove Cemetery (Conway, Arkansas) Wikipedia