Palarm Bayou Pioneer Cemetery Explained

Palarm Bayou Pioneer Cemetery
Nearest City:Morgan, Arkansas
Coordinates:34.9003°N -92.4397°W
Added:January 20, 2005
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:04001491

The Palarm Bayou Pioneer Cemetery is a historic cemetery in a rural-suburban area of northern Pulaski County, Arkansas. It is located northwest of Maumelle, between the Arkansas River Trail (Arkansas Highway 365) and Palarm Creek, on a rise that is now part of the gated Mountain Crest residential subdivision. The small cemetery, with just ten marked graves, stands at the top of a rise north of Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church. Nine of the graves are surrounded by a low stone wall, while one is set outside that enclosure, surrounded by a wrought iron fence. The oldest of the marked graves is that of Daniel Wilson, who died in 1837. The cemetery is probably one of the county's oldest.[1]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It contains the graves of early pioneer families; Wilson, Danley, and Boyle. The cemetery is severely neglected with broken headstones and overgrowth of the surrounding woodlands.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Palarm Bayou Pioneer Cemetery. Arkansas Preservation. 2016-02-22.