Historic Cemetery

Mankin Cemetery

Texas
Location: Take 31 west to Trinidad. Turn on Hwy 274 and go 4-5 miles north to Mankin. Take Key Ranch Estates road and follow to the “Y”, veer to the right. Cemetery is located on the right side of the road. OR from Athens, take 31 east towards Corsicana. Pass Malakoff, but turn north on 274 when you reach Trinidad. Mankin is about 4 miles from Trinidad and the cemetery is located on the east side of Hwy 274. There is a sign marking the cemetery. Turn east on Key Ranch Estates Road for .25 miles. At the “Y” in the road the cemetery is visible.

Source: Cemetery Records of Henderson County, Texas; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; usgennet; rootsweb; USGS

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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