Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
“The Singleton Family Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the western outskirts of Charleston, Arkansas. Established in the 1870s, it contains more than 120 graves; approximately half of these are marked graves.”
Wikipedia article Singleton Family Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 2005 · 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 26 fires within 5 miles of Singleton Family Cemetery between 1998 and 2017, burning about 321 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Singleton Family 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Franklin County Courthouse, Southern District | 2.3 miles | 1976 |
 | Charleston Commercial Historic District | 2.4 miles | 2008 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05001074 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Franklin County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
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