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Belding-Gaines Cemetery

Coordinates: 34°28′6″N 92°58′45″W / 34.46833°N 92.97917°W / 34.46833; -92.97917
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Belding-Gaines Cemetery
Belding-Gaines Cemetery is located in Arkansas
Belding-Gaines Cemetery
Location in Arkansas
Belding-Gaines Cemetery is located in the United States
Belding-Gaines Cemetery
Location in United States
Nearest cityHot Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates34°28′6″N 92°58′45″W / 34.46833°N 92.97917°W / 34.46833; -92.97917
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.93000089[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 1993

The Belding-Gaines Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Garland County, Arkansas, also referred to as Bassett-Belding-Gaines Cemetery. Set on the north side of United States Route 270, the cemetery is about 5.3 miles (8.5 km) east of downtown Hot Springs. The small, wooded lot, about 1 acre (0.40 ha) in size, contains twenty marked graves from the 19th century, and reported unmarked graves.

Families

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The marked graves are divided into four distinct family groups: the Bassett family group, the Belding and Gaines group, and the Simpson group. The Simpson group is believed to include a significant number of burials of enslaved people of African descent. Burials at the cemetery include those of some of the area's earliest settlers of European descent, including Ludovicus Belding and William H. Gaines.[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Belding-Gaines Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
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