Historic Cemetery

Woods Cemetery

Texas
Location: Woods Cemetery is located south of Sunset. Go north of Alvord on Hwy 287 and turn left on CR 1793. Follow this road until it dead-ends into a gate. This is a locked wire gate over a cattle guard. After you enter the gate walk down the road and you will see the pipe fence that encloses the cemetery off to the left.

Source: 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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