Historic Cemetery

Smith-Landrum Cemetery

a.k.a. Landrum Cemetery

Frisco, Texas 75034
Location: Located on the Denton/Collin County line, south of US 380 in Eastern Denton County near (south of) Panther Creek. From Denton, take US 380 east to Collin County line. Go back west .475 miles and look south. On top of a hill there is a small area of trees. Inside the fenced area is the cemetery. There are no public roads to this cemetery so you must ask permission from the farmhouse, just west of the previous directions to show you way through the pastures to the cemetery.

Source: Denton County Historical Commission Cemetery Committee; USGS

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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