Historic Cemetery

McBryde Cemetery

a.k.a. McBride

Huntington, Texas
Location: From Huntington at FM 2109/FM 328 intersection; FM 328 NE 2.7 miles to Robinson Rd. South on Robinson Rd 1.4 miles to sharp bend in road and private gravel drive (Harkness property) on southwest side. Continue .2 miles west on private drive to home. Grass ROW (difficult to find) begins at driveway of home in a SW directions and continues at total 895', curving back to the south, to the cemetery at the end. ROW curves around large field SW of Harkness home.

Source: RIP Fields Table

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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