Ephesus Cemetery

Historic cemetery in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


Ephesus Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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 No.	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 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

History

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Ephesus Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-25.