Navidad Baptist Cemetery

a.k.a. American Cemetery, Tubbs Cemetery, Lyons Cemetery

Schulenburg, Texas 78956

Location: 2.8 south/southeast of Schulenburg. Stating at Lyons Ave, proceed south to SH 77. Go 1.4 mile to Effenberger, not Holub "Drive Inn", turn east on CR 401, Vacek Loop, and proceed .4 mile, proceed south .2 mile, east .55 mile and south 1.1 mile to the cemetery on the west side of the road. The cenetery is about .1 mile north of the African American Corinth Church or Brown Chapel which is on the east side of the road (opposite side from the cemetery).

Graves: 120 (1853 to present)
Size: 4 acres

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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