Historic Cemetery

Wahnschaffe Cemetery

a.k.a. Small Family, Pape-Timmermann-Van Schanfee

New Braunfels, Texas
Location: This cemetery is located at the bottom of the bluff at the southern end of the parking lot at the end of Lone Oak Village strip mall off Loop 337 across from Church Hill Middle School. Access by foot or vehicle is possible from the extension of Porter St across an open field to the bottom of the bluff. Permission required to cross open field.
Graves: 4 (1873 - 1885)

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

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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