Gamble Cemetery - Centerton, AR
N 36° 22.232 W 094° 18.150
15S E 383157 N 4025834
An old cemetery at the current edge of the growing town of Centerton in Benton County, Arkanasas
Waymark Code: WMKWKP
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2014
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Centerton was a small, self-sufficient town until the larger towns began to grow, fueled by the presence of some really big businesses, such as a large retailer and a large trucking company, etc. Now this town continues to grow, but as a bedroom community. Its businesses having moved to the larger cities to the east. This cemetery was on the edge of town - at one time a separate smaller unincorporated community named Seba. However, there are new subdivisions going in around it. It is in danger of being surrounded by houses, with no way to get to it, as has happened to other cemeteries.
The trick to getting to this cemetery is to get onto the gravel Seba Road between Gamble Road and Keller Road, then navigate to N36°22.394',W094°18.148' where there is a small two-track lane heading south to the cemetery. When I was there, there were empty streets awaiting the construction of houses just to the west of the cemetery. I parked on one of these streets and walked east to the cemetery. However, that option will be unavailable once the houses are built. Hopefully the tiny, narrow lane to the cemetery will be preserved.
There is no sign at the cemetery itself. The FindAGrave entry for the cemetery shows what looks like the usual street sign, which is probably at Seba Road and the aforementioned lane. According to FindAGrave, although there were many markers with missing dates, the oldest recorded burial was from 1848, and the most recent (at the time of this posting) was 2011.