{{short description|Historic cemetery in Arkansas, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Mills Cemetery | nrhp_type = | image = Mills_Cemetery,_Wilton,_AR.JPG | caption = | nearest_city= Wilton, Arkansas | coordinates = {{coord|33|46|22|N|94|9|5|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Arkansas#USA | map_caption = Location in Arkansas##Location in United States | built = {{Start date|1855}} | architect = | added = September 27, 2007 | area = {{convert|3.5|acre}} | refnum = 07000992<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}
'''Mills Cemetery''' is a small historic cemetery in rural Little River County, Arkansas. It is a {{convert|3.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} parcel of land on the north side of County Road 40, about 1/8 mile west of its junction with United States Route 71, about {{convert|2|mi|km}} north of Wilton, Arkansas. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the county, holding the graves of members of the Mills family, who first explored the Little River County area in the 1850s. The oldest of the 39 known graves dates to the 1850s; one of the most prominent burials is Joel Mills (1808–71), who was a major plantation owner.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/LR0086-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Mills Cemetery|publisher=Arkansas Preservation}}</ref>
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.<ref name="nris"/>
==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Little River County, Arkansas
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==External links== * {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1855 Category:Buildings and structures in Little River County, Arkansas Category:National Register of Historic Places in Little River County, Arkansas Category:Cemeteries established in the 1850s