Historical Marker
Peoria Cemetery
Historical marker location:
Peoria, Texas
( cemetery entrance Peoria from SH 22, just west of FM 1947 intersection, take local road south, then west, about 0.3 mile)
Marker installed: 1969
Established in 1830s as this community developed. First plot was donated by J. R. DeArman; 4 generations of the William Thomas Hill family made later grants. A child fatally bitten by a rattlesnake was first to be buried here. Many rural residents and transients lie in unmarked graves.