Historic Cemetery

Guenter Cemetery

Meadowlakes, Texas 78654
Location: Located about .5 miles north of Hwy 71 on the east side of the old Shovel Mountain Road. Note: Texas Trails Map 1997 has Guenter located off 337.

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Burnet County Cemetery Records; Texas Trails Map 1997

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.