Historic Cemetery

St. Joseph Honey Creek #1 Cemetery

a.k.a. St. Joseph Catholic, Old Honey Creek, Honey Creek

Honey Creek, Texas
Location: From the intersection of TX 46 & Guadalupe River State Park Rd 31, take PR 31 north for 1.6 miles to Bell Ranch Rd. Turn right onto Bell Ranch Rd (Permission required) for 0.7 miles to cemetery.
Graves: 31 (1877-1991)

Source: Comal County Genealogy Society; Connie Krause; TxDot; USGS; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Rootsweb

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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