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.[2]
Palarm Bayou Pioneer Cemetery | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Morgan, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°54′1″N 92°26′23″W / 34.90028°N 92.43972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001491[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 20, 2005 |
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1] 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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References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Palarm Bayou Pioneer Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
