Historic Cemetery

Herring Cemetery

a.k.a. Blevins

Spear Ct, Granbury, Texas 76048
Location: Leave Granbury town square on N. Houston Street. Travel 3.5 miles on Hwy 4 to Thorp Springs. Turn right onto Hwy 2580 and proceed for 3.5 miles north to the entrance of Arrowhead Shores turn right on Park Street (east) and drive to swimming pool. Go north around swimming pool and left on Highland Drive. Follow to Highland Circle. Turn right and continue to cemetery gate at end of road.

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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