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Rose Hill Cemetery (Arkadelphia, Arkansas)

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NRHP Reference #
  
98000613

Added to NRHP
  
1 February 1999

Area
  
5 ha

Rose Hill Cemetery (Arkadelphia, Arkansas)

Location
  
1200 Block of Main St., Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Rose Hill Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery (established 1876) in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The cemetery, whose entrance is located on the 1200 block of Main Street, is 12 acres (4.9 ha) in size, with more than 2,000 burials. Originally called Maddox Cemetery, it was renamed in 1880. Its prominent burials include leading citizens of the county, as well as Confederate Governor of Arkansas Harris Flanagin.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

References

Rose Hill Cemetery (Arkadelphia, Arkansas) Wikipedia