Historical Marker

Velasco Cemetery

Historical marker location:
Freeport, Texas
( Ave. H and Victoria St. (call 297-2661 for access))
Marker installed: 1967

In 1891 Brazos Investment Company dedicated these 2.5 acres as the only public cemetery in the county, except for an early slave graveyard, Clute. The deed calls for usage without charge for plots. Earliest grave marker 1893.

Maintained by Velasco Cemetery Association. (1967).