6 Disturbing Cemeteries In Arkansas That Will Give You Goosebumps
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These Arkansas cemeteries all have interesting and uniquely creepy stories of their own. Check out these resting places around the Natural State that may leave you feeling a little unrest.
Also known as the Van Buren Cemetery, this is an historic cemetery on the east side of Arkansas Highway 59 in Van Buren, Arkansas. The 10-acre cemetery's oldest graves date to 1816, the period of the region's settlement, and include some of Van Buren's first settlers.
This cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at Garland Avenue and Sixth Street in Fort Smith. The cemetery includes more than 1,400 unmarked graves, many of them of Union and Confederate soldiers.
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In 1885, the town of Paragould, Arkansas acquired Linwood Cemetery, which was located at that time away from town, and is now within city limits. The earliest burial that is known of at Linwood Cemetery was February 11, 1869. Frank Nash, one of the FBI’s Most Wanted, is interred in the mausoleum.
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This cemetery is located on Holly Street, north of the center of Helena, Arkansas. It is set on 37 acres of land on the east side of Crowley's Ridge, overlooking the Mississippi River, and is the city's largest cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1865, and is laid out in the rural cemetery style which was popular in the mid-19th century.
Located just outside Arkansas City, Arkansas in Desha County, the oldest portion of this cemetery dates to the 1860s and is located on top of a Mississippian culture mound. This cemetery is one of the few places the early American settlers of the area found to be safe from periodic flooding by the Mississippi River. It is located off County Road 351, about one-half mile outside Arkansas City, and about 3 miles from the river.
This is the original cemetery in the Quapaw Quarter area of downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, and is the burial place for numerous Arkansans of note. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been nicknamed "The Westminster Abbey of Arkansas". There are also several slaves buried there, marked by extremely modest gravestones.
Where are some other graveyards across the Natural State that give you that unsettled feeling whenever you visit? Share some locations in the comment section!
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