🍌 Scatterville Cemetery

The Scatterville Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural Clay County, Arkansas. It covers 2 acres and is situated approximately 2 miles northwest of Rector. The cemetery contains thirty marked graves, though records suggest there may be at least 52. The earliest burial dates back to 1857, with most burials occurring in the 1870s. The cemetery is the only remaining part of the Scatterville community, an antebellum community bypassed by the railroad, whose inhabitants likely relocated to Rector.