Historic Cemetery

Boaz Cemetery

Texas
Location: Fort Hood restricted live fire area. Need permission and guide from Range Control; The town of Boaz was located near the old Kinsey Way Station between Browns Creek and Wolfs Creek. At one time Boaz had a Post Office, Mill, Lodge, and School. The cemetery is located on west side of gravel road that crosses Cowhouse Creek (Mason Crossing). Follow road .4 miles north of Mason Crossing to cemetery on west side in cleared area. Post Oak Mountain Quad, 3197-213. The cemetery was a feature on 1936 TxDot maps but was dropped from later maps.Scattered fieldstones, iris, and grave depressions cover the site. The graves were thought to all be moved, but many appear to remain. There is no fence at the site, which is inside the Ft. Hood impact area.

Source: Bobbie Ross website; TxDot map 1936

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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