Taylor Cemetery

a.k.a. Taylor Family Cemetery

711 S Carroll Blvd, Denton, Texas 76201

Location: From Denton, take US 380 east to Naylor Road. Go south on Naylor 2.4 miles; turn right on Lake Shore Drive and go .5 miles. There is a house in the curve of the road on the right. Approximately .7 miles behind this house the cemetery is located in a wooded area on the east side of Alexandrite Drive, between Emerald Sound and Amber Drive in the city of Oak Point.

Graves: 40 (1870-)
Size: 1 acre

Source: Denton County Historical Commission Cemetery Committee; THC records; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Genealogical Records Volume I, Denton County Cemetery and Early Rusk County Families, 1957

About Historic Texas Cemetery Designation

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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