Historic Cemetery

Bowman Cemetery

a.k.a. Bowman Family Cemetery

Plano, Texas
Location: Southern Collin County, Texas - east of Jupiter Road, south of Parker Road, west of Shilo Road, and north of Park Blvd. It is located in a residential neighborhood, and is accessed through an alley, Plano. The cemetery is located in Santa Fe Park on Oak Grove Dr. in Plano, Texas. The park is just the cemetery and a little extra open land. It is a little higher than the surrounding area. It is in the northeast corner of a residential neighborhood bounded by Jupiter Road on the west, by Park Road on the south, by Shiloh Road on the east, and by Oak Grove Dr. on the north.
Graves: 50 (1868-1921)
Size: 3.605 acres

Source: TxGenWeb; Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries Inc.; Tombstone Transciption Project; Rootsweb; usgennet

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.