Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery

Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery
Location W. side NE. Young Ave. approx. 200 ft. N. of NE. Carnahan Ct., Bentonville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°23′34″N 94°12′2″W / 36.39278°N 94.20056°W / 36.39278; -94.20056Coordinates: 36°23′34″N 94°12′2″W / 36.39278°N 94.20056°W / 36.39278; -94.20056
Area less than one acre
Built 1860 (1860)
NRHP Reference # 08000431[1]
Added to NRHP May 20, 2008

The Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is located off NE Young Avenue in a residential subdivision northeast of the city's center. It was established c. 1860, around the time Benton County's poor farm was established, and it was in active use until the poor farm was closed c. 1930. It has a small number of marked graves, and an unknown number of unmarked graves, some of which are distinguishable by the presence of depressions in the ground.[2]

The cemetery, which is the only tangible remnant of the poor farm, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[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 Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-24.


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