Historic Cemetery

Boonesville Cemetery

Texas
Location: 4 miles N on FM 920 off of hwy 199. Located in Wise County, Texas, on FM 920, four miles north of Hwy 199. Beside highway just behind the Boonsville Community Center. Boonsville Cemetery is located at the town of Boonsville near the southwest corner of Wise County. It's at the intersection of Farm Road 920 and CR 3840. Take Fm Rd 920 north from the Jacksboro Hwy or south from Bridgeport. The cemetery is on the road by the Community Center.

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Wise County Historical Commission; Gregg, Rosalie, History of Wise County: A Link With the Past, 1987; Roper, Homer L, Wise County Cemeteries Vol 1; Tombstone Transcription Project; Rootsweb-Wise County C

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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