Location: Antioch at Lovelady AKA Neville's Prairie(1977) 5 miles SW of Lovelady on FM 230 (Weldon Road) there are two parts separated by a drive.(1987) driveway into the through the cemetery leads to the Antioch Baptist Church located at the back of the cemetery.(1998) located approx. 5 mi SW of Lovelady on FM 230 in front of Antioch Baptist Church. There is a new extension of the cemetery; on the right of the entrance, a plot has been cleared of trees and 6 markers were found(Internment) Located 5 mi SW of Lovelady on FM 230(USGenWeb) just N of Lovelady off Hwy 19 on L over RR tracks.Houston County Cemeteries, Houston county Historical Commission, 1977; Houston County Cemeteries, Third Edition, Houston County Historical Commission, 1987; Supplement to Houston County Texas Cemeteries Third Edition, 1998; Supplement to Houston County Texas Cemeteries Third Edition, 1998; THC marker; USGS; TexGenWeb; Internment.net; USGenWeb Archives; cemeteries-of-tx.com; topo map.TSHA Handbook of Texas online: ANTIOCH, TEXAS (Houston County). Antioch, a rural community four miles southwest of Lovelady on Farm Road 230 in southern Houston County, was probably established in the late 1880s. A post office began operating there in 1890, and by 1892 the community had two general stores, a school, two physicians, and a combination gristmill and gin. The estimated population in 1896 was thirty. In the mid-1930s only a school, a cemetery, and a few widely scattered houses remained. In the early 1990s only a church and cemetery marked the site. Christopher Long THC site visit MB 11/06/04: Antioch, Tx area, near Lovelady, Tx. At 58_____ SH 203. THC marker on road. Arched entryway, sign, cemetery association. Gravel access roads through site and back to church. Very large fenced site with church, halls, and picnic pavilion. Considerable diversity of formal markers over time, new and old areas. Older area includes many large Cedar and Juniper marker trees. Obelisks, slabs, curbing, benches, unique markers, a few locally caste markers in E corner. Some photo enamels. Abundant floral and decorative grave materials. US veterans, WoW, CSA, Masonic.Approx 22 acres. GPS 31.05.47.86195N –95.30.17.91518W Quad 3195-211Low risk endangerment, fenced, THC marker, still in use, maintained, associated church, near road, on map.
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.