Ephesus Cemetery

Ephesus Cemetery
Nearest city Emmet, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°44′20″N 93°28′01″W / 33.73889°N 93.46694°W / 33.73889; -93.46694Coordinates: 33°44′20″N 93°28′01″W / 33.73889°N 93.46694°W / 33.73889; -93.46694
Area less than one acre
Built 1876 (1876)
NRHP Reference # 08001340[1]
Added to NRHP January 22, 2009

Ephesus Cemetery is a historic cemetery just north of Emmet, Arkansas, on United States Route 67. The cemetery, which was probably laid out in 1860 when the adjacent Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church was founded, is a small plot containing 68 marked graves with legible dates, six with markers but illegible dates, and 27 known unmarked graves. The oldest dated burial is 1876; the cemetery contains the graves of many of Emmet's early settlers, and is the last surviving element of that time (the church having been replaced in the mid-20th century).[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[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 Ephesus Cemetery" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-25.


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