Historic Cemetery

Kristenstad Cemetery

Granbury, Texas 76049
Location: FM 167 south from Acton to Pecan Plantation Subdivision. (Necessary to obtain permission from front office to enter). South (left) on Montecello Drive through entire subdivision until reaching Pecan Plantation Fire & EMS. Left (east) on dirt road opposite firestation (private entrance to Leonard Bend Pecan Farm). Follow Road .6 mile. Cemetery is unmarked and impossible to find without the farm foreman. It is located in the pecan grove. The cemetery site is due south from the private dirt road about 100 yards north of the subdvision fenceline. Check in at the farm headquarters before attempting to locate this site because it is on private property. No markers remain and ranch workers say that there were at one time 5-7 graves, fenced and marked with limestone (fieldstone) markers. The site was plowed under in the 1970s or 1980s by an unknown individual. The farm owner and foreman requested an application for a HTC nomination and plan to fence the site once the true bounds can be established.

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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