Old Town Cemetery (Claiborne Parish, Louisiana) Explained

Old Town Cemetery
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Location:Haynesville, Louisiana
Graves:Approximately 3,000

Old Town Cemetery, also known as Old Taylor Cemetery and Old Haynesville Cemetery,[1] is a cemetery located south of Haynesville, in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.[2] [3] The cemetery used to be located near the old town center for Haynesville, however the town center moved 2 miles east with the arrival of new train tracks which left this old town area as a "ghost town".

The cemetery contains some 3,000 burials. Fashion designer Geoffrey Beene (1924–2004) is buried there.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine . 1982 . National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution . Daughters of the American Revolution . 660 . en.
  2. Book: The Bean Stalk . 1974 . Southern Bean Family Association . 16 . en.
  3. Book: Claiborne Parish . 2008 . Arcadia Publishing . The Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum, Inc. . 978-0-7385-5412-9 . 23 . en.