Tulip Cemetery

Tulip Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Tulip Cemetery, showing the full extent. Graves begin near the road in front of the pavilion on the left edge of the photograph, and continue all the way to the right edge of the image.
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Location	Off AR 9, Tulip, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°4′40″N92°39′28″W / 34.07778°N 92.65778°W / 34.07778; -92.65778
Area	2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built	1842 (1842)
MPS	Dallas County MRA
NRHP reference No.	83003543 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1983

Tulip Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Tulip, a small hamlet in rural Dallas County, Arkansas. It is located off Arkansas Highway 9, just behind the Tulip Methodist Church, occupying a high spot in the area. Tulip was one of the first settlements in Dallas County; the cemetery's oldest documented grave dates to 1847. It also includes the graves of six Confederate Army soldiers. ^[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ^[1]

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  Headstones at cemetery
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  Tulip Cemetery Church
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  Field of headstones
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  Headstone from 1857
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  Headstone
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  Main gates

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for Tulip Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved July 16, 2014.