Historic Cemetery

Bishop Cemetery

Lipan, Texas 76462
Location: NE part of Erath Co. Turn east at Morgan Mill on FM 1189. Follow this road about 8 miles until you come to a sharp right turn. Follow the dirt road north about 3 miles. The cemetery is on the left side of the road.

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; TxGenWeb; Cawyer and Hudson, Erath County Cemetery Inscriptions; TxDot map 1998; Webb, Gary, Cemeteries of Erath County; USGS; Rootsweb

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.