The Black Oak Cemetery is a historic cemetery in a remote area of Washington County, Arkansas, southwest of Greenland. It is located on a knob of land at the southern end of a north–south ridge east of Miller Mountain, and is best accessed via spur road running northward from Illinois Chapel Road (County Road 20) west of Arkansas Highway 265. The 3-acre (1.2 ha) cemetery contains an estimated 300 burials, with known dates of burial ranging from 1843 to 1935. The entrance to the cemetery is marked by a pair of stone piers, and its northern extent is thought to be marked by a line of cedar trees. Some of Washington County's earliest settlers are buried in this cemetery, including its first territorial representative, John Alexander.[2]
Black Oak Cemetery | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Greenland, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°58′55″N 94°13′45″W / 35.98194°N 94.22917°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1843 |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000619[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 3, 1998 |
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Black Oak Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
