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Rockport Cemetery

Coordinates: 34°22′48″N 92°49′57″W / 34.38000°N 92.83250°W / 34.38000; -92.83250
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Rockport Cemetery
Rockport Cemetery is located in Arkansas
Rockport Cemetery
Location in Arkansas
Rockport Cemetery is located in the United States
Rockport Cemetery
Location in United States
LocationBusiness US 270, Rockport, Arkansas
Coordinates34°22′48″N 92°49′57″W / 34.38000°N 92.83250°W / 34.38000; -92.83250
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1851 (1851)
NRHP reference No.01001527[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 2002

The Rockport Cemetery is a historic cemetery off Business United States Route 270 in Rockport, Arkansas. Just under 10 acres (4.0 ha) in size, it is the community's oldest and largest cemetery, with known burials dating to 1851. It is the best surviving element of the community's early settlement period and was laid out in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style. A 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) part of the cemetery, including its two oldest sections,[2] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[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 Rockport Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
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