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Vest Cemetery

Coordinates: 36°2′42″N 92°3′12″W / 36.04500°N 92.05333°W / 36.04500; -92.05333
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Vest Cemetery
Vest Cemetery is located in Arkansas
Vest Cemetery
Location in Arkansas
Vest Cemetery is located in the United States
Vest Cemetery
Location in United States
LocationEnd of County Road 179 (Vest Cemetery Rd.), Boswell, Arkansas
Coordinates36°2′42″N 92°3′12″W / 36.04500°N 92.05333°W / 36.04500; -92.05333
Arealess than one acre
Built1875 (1875)
NRHP reference No.15000284[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 8, 2016

The Vest Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural western Izard County, Arkansas. It is located at the end of Vest Cemetery Road (County Road 197), north of the hamlet of Boswell, adjacent to the site of the former Vest family homestead. It is a rectangular parcel, with 72 known graves dating back to the early settlement period of Boswell in the 1870s. A portion of the cemetery is lined by a low rock wall, built to keep cattle from grazing on the family graves of the Cockersham family. The entire cemetery is now lined by woven wire fencing.[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

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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 Vest Cemetery" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
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