Bethlehem Cemetery (Flea Hollow Cemetery)

Bethlehem Baptist Church, Pulaski County, Missouri. Organized in 1910-Built in 1938. Bethlehem Cemetery was once known as Flea Hollow Cemetery.

Bethlehem Cemetery, also referred to as Flea Hollow Cemetery, is located in Pulaski County, MO., north of Waynesville, Missouri and south of Swedeborg, Missouri. Swedeborg, Missouri was called Wood End at one time. Travel T Highway to Riverside Road. From Riverside Road, turn left on Redding Road. Bethlehem Baptist Church will be on the right and the cemetery is below the hill. This cemetery is in a very picturesque and serene setting. A refurbished mailbox near the gate near the church accepts donations for upkeep and maintenance.

Bethlehem Baptist Church at Bethlehem Cemetery. Photo by Pulaski Baptist Association.

Bethlehem Cemetery includes many tombstones with Swedish names and according to Tombstone Inscriptions of Pulaski County has at least 27 unmarked graves. It is believed that one of the unmarked graves belongs to Tennessee Nowland who passed while living at the Pulaski County Poor Farm in 1917.

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