Date: 24 Feb 2001
Cemetery: Slate Branch Cemetery
Established: about 1880
Street: Arkansas State Highway 5, located on North side of road
in Saline County just past Garland/Saline County line on private
property
City: Hot Springs Village couple of miles
Township:
County: Saline
State: Arkansas
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: Arkansas Highway 5 and Arkansas Highway 9
Reached by: Crossing private property
Location: Rural woods
Land: Flat
Water: No
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Surrounded by: Broken fence
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: apx 40
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: late 1800's
Newest grave: about 15 to 20 years ago
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Saline Historical Society
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Vegetation: Disturbing-graves
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Encroachment
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Residential
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Previous contacts: I have tried to locate and communicate with
the owner of the adjoining land and have had no results.
Other information
The Hot Springs Village Retirement community is growing and
purchasing land in which the cemetery is in potential danger of
becoming part of. There is also a great deal of commercial growth
along the highway 5 due to a rear entrance to the HSVillage near to
the cemetery.
Support Contacts
Hot Springs Village chamber of commerce, Hot Springs Village
Property Owners Association Manager & Board of Directors, attn:
Larry Mayall <larry@hotspringsvillage.com>
Submitted By:
name:
Malcolm L Rigsby
Email: rigsbyml@netscape.net
