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Bella Vista in Benton County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Dug Hill Community Center

 
 
Dug Hill Community Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 31, 2015
1. Dug Hill Community Center Marker
Inscription.
So called because steps were dug into the hill so settlers could reach the top.

Once existed two churches, a school and a cemetery. Area named and cemetery started about 1867.
 
Erected 1981 by Bella Vista Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesEducationReligion & Religious StructuresSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1867.
 
Location. 36° 28.536′ N, 94° 14.789′ W. Marker is in Bella Vista, Arkansas, in Benton County. It is at the intersection of Lancashire Boulevard (State Highway 340) and Town Center, on the right when traveling east on Lancashire Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 210 Town Center SE, Bella Vista AR 72714, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwest Arkansas, on the Ozark Plateau, in the Cherokee Heritage Region, and in Osage Territory. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Ozarks. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bella Vista Village Country Club (approx. 0.7 miles away); The War Between the States (approx. 3.1 miles away); War with Spain (approx. 3.1 miles away); World War I (approx. 3.1 miles away); The Years Between (approx. 3.1 miles away); Triumph in Europe (approx. 3.1 miles away); Women in World War II

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(approx. 3.1 miles away); The Terrible Cost of World War II (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bella Vista.
 
Dug Hill Community Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 31, 2015
2. Dug Hill Community Center Marker
Dug Hill Church and Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 31, 2015
3. Dug Hill Church and Cemetery
About 800 feet south of marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,596 times since then and 80 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 14, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 9, 2026