County Home Cemetery

a.k.a. County Poor Farm Cemetery, County Farm Cemetery

Texas

Location: In Dodd City from the intersection of SH-56 and FM-2077, proceed south on FM-2077 for 1.7 miles to CR-3015. Turn right/west on CR-3015 and proceed 1.3 miles to CR-3045. Turn left/south on CR-3045 and proceed .6 miles. At this point on CR-3045 the cemetery is .4 miles to the east on private property. Without local knowledge, a GPS is necessary.

Graves: 134 (1894-1938)

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988;TxHistCems website; Fannin Co Cemetery Association

About Historic Texas Cemetery Designation

To address the problem of cemetery destruction and to record as many cemeteries as possible, the Texas Historical Commission offers the Historic Texas Cemetery designation.

The Historic Texas Cemetery designation was developed in 1998 to help protect historic cemeteries by recording cemetery boundaries in county deed records to alert present and future owners of land adjacent to the cemetery of its existence. Every county in Texas has at least one cemetery designated as a Historic Texas Cemetery through this program. The HTC designation is the first step toward preservation of a historic cemetery.

A cemetery is eligible for designation if it is at least 50 years old and is deemed worthy of recognition for its historical associations. The very nature of a cemetery being a landmark of a family’s or community’s presence is considered to validate the criteria of historical associations. Any individual, organization, or agency may submit a request for designation.

gravesites