Norristown Cemetery

Norristown Cemetery
Location Off Arkansas Highway 7 (Lock and Dam Rd.), near Russellville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°14′35″N 93°9′1″W / 35.24306°N 93.15028°W / 35.24306; -93.15028Coordinates: 35°14′35″N 93°9′1″W / 35.24306°N 93.15028°W / 35.24306; -93.15028
Area less than one acre
Built 1853 (1853)
NRHP reference # 94001415[1]
Added to NRHP April 14, 1995

The Norristown Cemetery is a historic cemetery off Lock and Dam Road, on the south side of Russellville, Arkansas. It is a small community cemetery, with thirty marked grave sites, the oldest of which is dated 1853 and the newest 1934. It is the only surviving remnant of the community of Norristown, which was an early settlement and the first county seat of Pope County.[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Norristown Cemetery" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-27.


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