Buckville Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural
Garland County, Arkansas. It is one of the few surviving remnants of the town of Buckville, which was inundated by the creation of
Lake Ouachita; the other is the nearby Buckville Baptist Church, which was moved to its present location above the lake's planned water level in 1951. The cemetery, located near the end of Buckville Road on the north side of the lake (accessible via
Arkansas Highway 298
Highway 298 (AR 298, Ark. 298, and Hwy. 298) is a designation for three List of Arkansas state highways, state highways in Lower Arkansas. The eastern segment of begins at Sims, Arkansas, Sims at Arkansas Highway 88, Highway 88 and runs sout ...
), the cemetery has more than 300 burials, include graves of some of the area's earliest settlers. The oldest documented burial is dated 1861.
The cemetery was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
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Buckville, Arkansas
Buckville is an unincorporated community in Garland County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on hillsides within the Ouachita National Forest. Originally, Buckville was located further down in the valley nearer the Ouachita River; howev ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Garland County, Arkansas
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{{National Register of Historic Places
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Buildings and structures completed in 1861
1861 establishments in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Garland County, Arkansas
Cemeteries established in the 1860s