Historic Cemetery

Trimble Cemetery

Texas
Location: 5 miles S on hwy 51 out of Decatur, turn right for 1 mile then another right 1 mile. Trimble Cemetery is located about 5 miles south of Decatur. Go south out of Decatur on S FM RD 730. Just past Pleasant Grove #1 Church and Cemetery turn right on CR 4280. Follow it for a couple of miles. After it turns south you will find CR 4292 on the right. Turn there and follow it to the end. The dirt road ends in a loop and the cemetery is on the south side. In the center of the loop is and old hitching post and a flagpole.

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