National Register of Historic Places

Violet Cemetery

Osceola, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Listed
October 5, 2004
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
04001108

About this property

Violet Cemetery, also known as the Osceola Grave Yard, is a cemetery in Osceola, Arkansas. It is the city's oldest cemetery, with its oldest dated grave marked 1831. Many of the area's early settlers are buried here, and it is the earliest known surviving element of the early days of the area's settlement. It is located near the county courthouse, in an area bounded by West Johnson Avenue, Semmes Avenue, and Pecan Street. It is a flat, square site, flanked by trees. At the beginning of the twentieth century a group of ladies formed a Cemetery Association to reclaim the burial ground which had become neglected. They fenced it, reset memorials and paths, and planted violets on the graves from which the ground got its current name. It is now managed by the City of Osceola. Its burials include early settlers, 42 veterans of the Civil War, a congressman (William Joshua Driver (1873–1948)), early citizens and developers of Osceola, which was incorporated some 44 years after the earliest marked grave. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Location

Osceola, Mississippi County, Arkansas
35.70643, -89.96720

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTART
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Old Bell Telephone Building
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0.2 mi
Hale Avenue Historic District Boundary Increase II
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Osceola Times Building
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0.2 mi
Bank of Osceola
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0.2 mi
Mississippi County Courthouse
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0.2 mi

Nearby Battles

Naval Attack at Fort Pillow
1864Civil War
6 mi
Fort Pillow Massacre (Tennessee)
1864Civil War
8.5 mi

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When was Violet Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Violet Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 5, 2004.

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Violet Cemetery is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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