Conway Cemetery State Park is an 11 acres (4.5 ha) historic location in Lafayette County, Arkansas, in the United States

United States

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. It is administered by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.

Conway Cemetery State Park is located near the town of Bradley, Arkansas

Bradley, Arkansas

Bradley is a city in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 563 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bradley is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

, and is one of the smallest Arkansas state parks.

The park encompasses the old homesite and family cemetery of the historic Arkansas Conway family including the first governor of Arkansas, James Sevier Conway

James Sevier Conway

James Sevier Conway was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas, the first elected governor of the state....

. The Conway-Sevier-Rector family dominated Arkansas politics from territorial days until the American Civil War

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No camping or recreational facilities are available at the historic site.

See also

List of Arkansas state parks