Historic Cemetery

Hopewell Cemetery #1

Teague, Texas 75860
Location: Hwy 84W past York-Chrysler Auto Dealership where across the road you will find “Kwik-Pik” restaurant. Take a right down this gravel road until it dead-ends; take a left and when you can take a right and see the Hopewell Cemetery sign, take that right and continue to the cemetery on the left. Has a front entrance arch with cemetery name.

Source: Freestone County Sheriff’s office by J. R. Sessions, Jr., Sheriff; Morrow, Betty Moss, THC Library; Freestone County Historical Commission

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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