National Register of Historic Places

Canehill Cemetery

Canehill, Washington County, Arkansas
Listed
November 17, 1982
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
82000941

About this property

The Cane Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Canehill, Arkansas. It is located just south of Washington County Route 13 and west of Arkansas Highway 45. The Cane Hill area was settled in the late 1820s. The cemetery contains the graves of two of its first settlers, Thomas Garvin (d. 1834) and Thomas Buchanan (d. 1836), and is the site of the community's first church and schoolhouse. The Cane Hill area was the site of the Battle of Cane Hill, a running battle fought a few days before the Battle of Prairie Grove in November 1862. James G. Blunt and his Union troops captured approximately 2,000 Confederate soldiers in November 1862. The cemetery contains many Civil War-era burials. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas

Location

Canehill, Washington County, Arkansas
35.91394, -94.39908

Categories

HISTORIC - ABORIGINALEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTRELIGION
Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Edmiston, John, House
Industrial
0.2 mi
McClellan, E. W., House
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0.2 mi
Canehill College Building
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0.2 mi
Edmiston, D. N., House
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0.3 mi
Blackburn House
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0.3 mi

Nearby Battles

Skirmish near Prairie Grove (post-battle pursuit)
1862Civil War
3.3 mi
Cane Hill
1862Civil War
4.5 mi
Battle of Cane Hill
1862Civil War
5.1 mi

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When was Canehill Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Canehill Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Canehill Cemetery?

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