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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.
The Texas State Cemetery (TSC) is a cemetery located on about 22 acres (8.9 ha) just east of downtown Austin, the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Originally the burial place of Edward Burleson, Texas Revolutionary general and vice-president of the Republic of Texas, it was expanded into a Confederate cemetery during the Civil War.
A cemetery association was organized in 1870 to care for the site; its trustees included city leaders K. M. Van Zandt, M. B. Loyd, W. A. Darter, and W. P. Burts. [3] By this time, the cemetery was nearly full and local leader John Peter Smith donated land to create Oakwood Cemetery , across the Trinity River from downtown Fort Worth.
In the same year they worked with the Texas Historical Commission to get a Texas Cemetery Historical Designation and was awarded a historic marker in spring of 2023. In 2020, the first burials in ...
The facility, located at 4614 E. 50th St., will be the fifth Texas state veterans cemetery built and run by the Texas Veterans Land Board — the first in more than a decade. Currently, the ...
Oakwood Cemetery (Jefferson, Texas) Oakwood Cemetery (Waco, Texas) Old Georgetown Cemetery; Old Independence Cemetery; R. Rose Hill Cemetery (Texarkana, Texas)
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.
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas. With its first burial in 1907, Mount Olivet is the first perpetual care cemetery in the South. Its 130-acre site is located northeast of downtown Fort Worth at the intersection of North Sylvania Avenue and 28th Street adjacent to the Oakhurst Historic District. Over 70,000 ...