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Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery

Coordinates: 36°23′34″N 94°12′2″W / 36.39278°N 94.20056°W / 36.39278; -94.20056
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Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery
Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery is located in Arkansas
Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery
Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery is located in the United States
Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery
LocationW. side NE. Young Ave. approx. 200 ft. N. of NE. Carnahan Ct., Bentonville, Arkansas
Coordinates36°23′34″N 94°12′2″W / 36.39278°N 94.20056°W / 36.39278; -94.20056
Arealess than one acre
Built1860 (1860)
NRHP reference No.08000431[1]
Added to NRHPMay 20, 2008

The Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is located off NE Young Avenue in a residential subdivision northeast of the city's center. It was established c. 1860, around the time Benton County's poor farm was established, and it was in active use until the poor farm was closed c. 1930. It has a small number of marked graves, and an unknown number of unmarked graves, some of which are distinguishable by the presence of depressions in the ground.[2]

The cemetery, which is the only tangible remnant of the poor farm, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

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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 Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
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