Oak Grove Cemetery (Conway, Arkansas) Explained

Oak Grove Cemetery Historic Section
Coordinates:35.0817°N -92.4286°W
Architect:F.L. Funston, Monahan and Visquesney/Steinert
Added:November 4, 2009
Refnum:09000341

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.[1]

The historic portion of the cemetery, roughly 3.5acres at its center,[1] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Oak Grove Cemetery Historic Section. Arkansas Preservation. 2016-03-08.