Lines Cemetery
A Historic Resting Place in Faulkner County, Arkansas
About
Lines Cemetery
Photo caption: Detail of funerary art on a Lines Cemetery gravestone
Lines Cemetery, located in the Round Mountain area of Faulkner County, Arkansas, dates back to the late 1800s. It contains graves from at least 1878 to 1930 and is the burial site for numerous early families who helped establish the community.
The cemetery was officially listed on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places in 2018, recognized for its significance in local settlement history and its association with early families such as the Barley, Goad, Higgs, and Line families. The land was originally donated by members of the Line family.
Burials Over Time
The majority of burials at Lines Cemetery took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s — a reflection of the area's early settlement period. Nearly 80% of the known burials occurred before 1960.
| Decade | Number of Burials |
|---|---|
| 1870–1879 | 1 |
| 1880–1889 | 10 |
| 1890–1899 | 1 |
| 1900–1909 | 4 |
| 1910–1919 | 4 |
| 1920–1929 | 0 |
| 1930–1939 | 2 |
| 1940–1949 | 1 |
| 1950–1959 | 4 |
| 1960–1969 | 2 |
| 1970–1979 | 1 |
| 1980–1989 | 0 |
| 1990–1999 | 1 |
| 2000–2009 | 1 |
| 2010–2018 | 2 |
| Total | 34 |
The earliest known burial is that of Nancy A. Shira in 1878. Since 1970, only a handful of burials have taken place, reflecting the cemetery’s shift from active use to historic preservation.
While no full burial database exists yet, you can explore records through trusted resources:
