Andrews Cemetery

Rockett, Texas

Location: Located on FM 813 from Waxahachie; S. of Rockett on Loma Linda Road. Turn right on Loma Linda Road just past the Rockett Café; .5 miles on Loma Linda Road to Gentle Ridge. Go .1 miles on Gentle Ridge to Cemetery. The cemetery is located just off the road to the left, next to a private residence. Permission should be obtained before entering.

Source: Ellis County Genealogical Society, Ellis County, Texas Cemetery Records1A; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; USGS; TxDot map 1990

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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