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Photograph of Bean Cemetery
Photograph by John Heithaus, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bean Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

“The Bean Cemetery is a historic African American cemetery in Lincoln, Arkansas. It is located on the east side of the city, on the north side of United States Route 62 just west of Meade Avenue, north of a small roadside picnic area that was once part of the property.”

Wikipedia article Bean Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 160 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1994 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. N. side US 62, about 2.2 mi. W of the jct. with AR 45, Lincoln, 72744
  • When was it listed? March 1994
  • Category. site
  • Township. Lincoln township
  • National Register reference number. 94000152 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Bean Cemetery between 1998 and 2020, burning about 303 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2004Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 20 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Lincoln$100,000This tornado developed along W South Street and moved across the south side of Lincoln. It moved east-northeast until it crossed County Road 438, then moved east. The tornado crossed Hogeye Road, turning northeast before dissipating east of Highway 265. The tornado damaged homes, several severely, uprooted or snapped numerous trees, snapped power poles, and destroyed outbuildings. It produced a tornadic debris signature from the KSRX WSR-88D. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
April 2026HailLincoln$50,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2011Flash FloodLincoln$50,000Many roads in and around town were closed due to high water and some homes received flood damage. Three to four inches of rain occurred in about two hours.
September 2025HailLincoln$25,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2026HailLincoln$20,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2026HailLincoln$20,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindLincoln$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged some of the fencing and some of the stands at the high school football stadium.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLincoln$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, and damaged the roof of a home.
March 2015HailLincoln$5,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLincoln$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour did minor damage to the roof of a school building.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLincoln$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and blew down a few power poles.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLincoln$2,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs and damaged a chicken house.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLincoln$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. The trees fell onto power lines.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindLincoln$500Pieces of barn on road near Lincoln
November 1998Thunderstorm WindLincoln$100Several large tree limbs were blown down.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLincoln$100no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Lincoln-This tornado developed north of Highway 62, and moved east for a short time. A tornadic debris signature was noted for two minutes from the KSRX WSR-88D. The tornado uprooted trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
December 2021Flash FloodLincoln-Emergency management reported several roads in and around Lincoln were flooded.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Law enforcement estimated a 60 mile an hour thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees.
July 2007Flash FloodLincoln-Heavy rains caused water to flow over Highway 62 to the east of Lincoln. Secondary roads were flooded south of Lincoln.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindLincoln-A severe thunderstorm produced 60 mile an hour winds which blew down large tree limbs in Lincoln.
June 2023HailLincoln-no account filed
September 2023HailLincoln-no account filed
April 2008HailLincoln-no account filed
March 2008HailLincoln-no account filed
May 2008HailLincoln-no account filed
June 2007HailLincoln-no account filed
September 2006HailLincoln-no account filed
September 2006HailLincoln-no account filed
April 2004HailLincoln-no account filed
May 2003HailLincoln-no account filed
May 2002HailLincoln-no account filed
May 1998HailLincoln-no account filed
May 1995HailLincoln-no account filed
April 1994HailLincoln-no account filed
October 1993HailLincoln-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Moore House2.4 miles1982
Henry Pyeatte House2.5 miles1982
Canehill Cemetery2.6 miles1982
John Edmiston House2.7 miles1982
Canehill College Building2.8 miles1982
E. W. McClellan House2.8 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000152 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 160 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.