Thurber Cemetery

Thurber, Texas

Location: .25 miles west of Thurber on Hwy 108. A metal gate on the north side of the road has a large sign of the cemetery. Go through the gate and follow the dirt road around the hill until you reach the cemetery, which is fenced and has been partially restored.

Graves: 1000 (1890 to present)
Size: 9.095 acres

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

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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