Vest Cemetery
Vest Cemetery | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | End of County Road 179 (Vest Cemetery Rd.), |
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Coordinates | 36°2′42″N 92°3′12″W / 36.04500°N 92.05333°WCoordinates: 36°2′42″N 92°3′12″W / 36.04500°N 92.05333°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1875 |
NRHP reference No. | 15000284[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 8, 2016 |
The Vest Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural western Izard County, Arkansas. It is located at the end of Vest Cemetery Road (County Road 197), north of the hamlet of , adjacent to the site of the former Vest family homestead. It is a rectangular parcel, with 72 known graves dating back to the early settlement period of Boswell in the 1870s. A portion of the cemetery is lined by a low rock wall, built to keep cattle from grazing on the family graves of the Cockersham family. The entire cemetery is now lined by woven wire fencing.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Vest Cemetery" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
Categories:
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Buildings and structures completed in 1875
- Buildings and structures in Izard County, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Izard County, Arkansas
- North Central Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs