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This list of cemeteries in Texas includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Der Stadt Friedhof, Fredericksburg – pioneer cemetery; Founders Memorial Cemetery, Houston – oldest cemetery in Houston; Jackson Ranch Church Cemetery and Eli Jackson Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas [7] Olivewood Cemetery, Houston – the city's earliest African-American cemetery, founded around 1870; Texas State Cemetery, Austin
Beacon Light Masonic Lodge No. 50 Cemetery: 200 Chestnut [9] City Cemetery No. 1 [10] City Cemetery No. 2 [10] City Cemetery No. 3 [10] City Cemetery No. 4 [10] City Cemetery No. 5 [10] City Cemetery No. 6 [10] Confederate Cemetery (San Antonio) [11] Dignowity Cemetery: Poyomac St [12] Dullnig Family Plot [10] Emmanuel German Lutheran Cemetery ...
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The same year Glenwood acquired the adjacent Washington Cemetery, expanding its land area by 118 acres (48 ha). [6] Keith Rosen, a Houston area history professor quoted in the San Antonio Express-News, said that the cemetery is the "River Oaks of the dead." [7] In 2003 the Houston Press ranked it as the "Best Cemetery". [8]
Evergreen cemetery is part of the Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and played a strategic role in the Battle of Gettysburg. [6] It was the site of the dedication of the adjacent National Cemetery. Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address from a platform in Evergreen Cemetery. [7] [8] Greendale Cemetery: 1853: Meadville, Pennsylvania
Pioneers Rest is located in the 600 block of Samuels Avenue near its intersection with Cold Springs Road, immediately north of downtown Fort Worth. Many early settlers are buried at Pioneers Rest, which was referred to as the "old cemetery," "city cemetery," or "Samuels Avenue cemetery" until 1909.
Oakwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the city of Fort Worth, Texas. Deeded to the city in 1879, it is the burial place of prominent local citizens, pioneers, politicians, and performers. Located at 701 Grand Avenue, Oakwood is a 62-acre cemetery on the north side of the Trinity River, just across the river from downtown Fort Worth.