Historic Cemetery

Greer Family Cemetery

Normangee, Texas
Location: From highway 39 in Normangee, go west on FM highway 3, a distance of 10.1 miles . The Greer Cemetery sign is located on the right side of the highway at CR 469. Take CR 469 0 .40 miles to CR 4 691. Take a left on CR 4 691 and go 1.2 miles to the end of the road and the cemetery.
Graves: 60 (1866-present)

Source: TxDot; GNIS; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Tombstone/Rootsweb

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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