Historic Cemetery

Teague Cemetery

252 Private Rd 4819, Rhome, Texas 76078
Location: 2 miles W of Rhome off hwy 114. Teague Cemetery is located in the woods and brush south of Aurora. A little over a mile west of Rhome on Hwy 114, turn south on Cemetery Rd. Go past Aurora Cemetery and head south till the road dead ends. Take a right. This should be Brammer Dr. take it all the way until it dead ends into McGoodwin St. Take a left on McGoodwin all the way until it dead ends into Oates Creek Rd. Take it to the left (it looks like a driveway) all the way to the end. At the end of the road is a two story house on the right. If you look to the left you will see a barn. Go down that road and when it turns to the right the cemetery will be right there in front of you.

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Wise County Historical Commission; Gregg, Rosalie, History of Wise County: A Link With the Past, 1988; THC records; Tombstone Transcription Project

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.