The County Home Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Heritage Park, on Heritage Park Road in Piggott, Arkansas. The cemetery occupies about 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) in the center of the park, and is marked by a monument and bench. The park and cemetery are located on the former site of the Clay County poor house, built in 1911. The cemetery contains approximately sixty graves, many unmarked, of indigents who died at the home. The buildings of the facility were demolished in 1954, and the cemetery is the principal tangible reminder of its existence.[2]

County Home Cemetery
County Home Cemetery is located in Arkansas
County Home Cemetery
Location in Arkansas
County Home Cemetery is located in the United States
County Home Cemetery
Location in United States
Location3010 Heritage Park Rd., Piggott, Arkansas
Coordinates36°23′11″N 90°12′39″W / 36.38639°N 90.21083°W / 36.38639; -90.21083
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built1912 (1912)
NRHP reference No.04001495[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 2005

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[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 County Home Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
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