Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
“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.”
Wikipedia article Violet Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 40 National Register listings published here for Mississippi County · listed in 2004 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Violet Cemetery in 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | YANKEE BAR FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Violet Cemetery: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osceola, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $75,000 | A hotel had its metal roof torn off and had its doors blown off. Several cars were damaged near the hotel. One business had its plate glass window demolished. Another business had two buildings damaged. Several power lines and power poles were blown down. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Osceola | $50,000 | Some roads were flooded in Osceola. A home was inundated with two feet of water. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $10,000 | Six power poles and some trees were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $10,000 | An abandoned 500-foot tall commercial television tower collapsed due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Osceola | $8,000 | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $5,000 | Power poles were broken at the intersection of Highway 61 and Highway 325. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $5,000 | Straight line winds knocked down power lines in Osceola. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $5,000 | A roof was blown off of a trailer home. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $5,000 | A couple of houses were damaged. Some trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. Two buildings received roof and other structural damage. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Osceola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Osceola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Osceola | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $2,000 | A few trees were knocked down across the road. |
| April 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Osceola | $2,000 | A tornado touched down blowing several trees down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down across a road. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Osceola | $1,000 | Three inches of rain fell in one hour. A few roads were flooded with at least 6 inches of water on them. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Osceola | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $500 | Large tree blown down in church parking lot. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Osceola | $150 | Hail ranging from nickel to quarter size fell in Osceola. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Osceola | $110 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Osceola | $100 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Osceola | $100 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Osceola | $60 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | - | Metal roof blown off a building on West Keiser Ave in Osceola. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Osceola | - | Hail measured at 2 inches in Osceola. |
| October 2022 | Hail | Osceola | - | Measured hail of 1.00 inch fell at the Osceola Police Headquarters. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | - | Trees damaged and power lines down near Mockingbird Lane. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | - | Straight line winds knocked down several trees in Osceola. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Osceola | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the vicinity of Osceola. Some back roads became impassable. A couple of county employees were unable to leave their houses in Osceola due to flooding. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Osceola | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and telephone poles. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Osceola | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Osceola | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Osceola | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Osceola | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Bell Telephone Building | 0.2 miles | 1987 | |
 | Hale Avenue Historic District Boundary Increase II | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Bank of Osceola | 0.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Osceola Times Building | 0.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Mississippi County Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1978 |
| Planters Bank Building | 0.3 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04001108 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Mississippi County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
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