Historic Cemetery

Duffau Cemetery

Hico, Texas 76457
Location: N. of 220 and east of 2481, NE of the junction of the two roads. Clairette vicinity. 6 miles NE of Clairette on FM 1824, then 1.5 miles south on FM 2481 and .75 miles east on CR 214.

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; TxGenWeb; TxDot map 1998; THC records; Cawyer and Hudson, Erath County Cemetery Inscriptions; 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.