Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery (Fort Smith, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Elmwood Cemetery (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
Elmwood Cemetery (Fort Smith, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Elmwood Cemetery (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
LocationSW of intersection of Zero & S 24th Sts., Fort Smith, Arkansas
Coordinates35°19′39″N 94°24′44″W / 35.32750°N 94.41222°W / 35.32750; -94.41222
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1891 (1891)
NRHP reference No.100002004[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 26, 2018

Elmwood Cemetery, also known historically as the Poor Farm Cemetery, is a historic cemetery at Zero and South 24th Streets in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Established in 1891, it is on the grounds of Sebastian County's first poor farm, purchased by the county in 1890. It remained in use at least into the 1940s, and is the only surviving visible element of the poor farm. The cemetery contains several hundred graves, although only seven have markers. The cemetery is about 5 acres (2.0 ha) in size, and is an unbounded open field in a suburban residential area.[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Elmwood Cemetery" (PDF). State of Arkansas. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
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