Historic Cemetery

Allison Family Cemetery

Texas
Location: The Allison Family Cemetery is located out the lake road on the west side of Bridgeport. Take Fm Rd 1658 (the road to the lake dam) out of Bridgeport toward the west. Past the radio station on the right and just past RumCo Trucking on the left, turn in an aluminum gate on the left. Go down the dirt road and through a pipe gate and cattle guard. The cemetery is on the left.

Source: Texas Funeral Service Commission; Rootsweb-Wise County Cemeteries North Texas

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.

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