Location: Corinth Cemetery(THC) take CR just W of Kennard 1.1 miles N to cemetery(1977) 2.5 mile NW of Kennard on old Center road(1987) located about 2.5 miles NW of Kennard on the old Center Hill road(1998) located 1.1 mi N on CR W of Kennard(USGenWeb) just W of Kennard take CR 1075. Cemetery is on the RTHC marker; A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records, Kim Parsons, 1988; Houston County Cemeteries, Houston county Historical Commission, 1977; Houston County Cemeteries, Third Edition, Houston County Historical Commission, 1987; USGS; Supplement to Houston County Texas Cemeteries Third Edition, 1998; USGenWeb Archives; topo mapTSHA Handbook of Texas online:CENTER HILL, TEXAS. Center Hill, also known as Corinth, is a farming community 1½ miles west of Kennard in east central Houston County. The settlement grew up around a school, known as Corinth or Old Corinth School, that was established in 1857. In the mid-1930s the community had a school, a church, a cemetery, and a number of houses. Its school was later consolidated with that of Kennard, and by the mid-1960s only a church and cemetery remained in the Center Hill area. In the early 1990s Center Hill was a dispersed rural community. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Armistead Albert Aldrich, The History of Houston County, Texas (San Antonio: Naylor, 1943). Houston County Cemeteries (Crockett, Texas: Houston County Historical Commission, 1977; 3d ed. 1987). Houston County Historical Commission, History of Houston County, Texas, 1687-1979 (Tulsa, Oklahoma: Heritage, 1979). Christopher Long THC site visit MB 11/08/04: Kennard, Tx area. Off SH 7 on CR 1075 for 1.0 mile. THC marker. Sign. Large fenced site with pavilion between site and CR. Cemetery about ft. off road. Considerable diversity of formal markers over time. Obelisks and fieldstones, mounding, slabs, curbing. Older area includes large Cedar, Juniper, Gardenia marker trees and shrubs, also Roses and some Irises. Abundant floral, religious and decorative grave materials, also embellisment of stone. Photo enamels. US veterans, Masonic, Wow. Approx 4.18 acres.GPS 31.22.03.78579N –95.12.38.91357WQuad 3195-142Low risk endangerment, THC marker, fenced, maintained, still in use, recent annex, on 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.