Siloam Cemetery

Keechi, Texas 75831

Location: 7 mi. N. of Centerville, Texas. If coming from Buffalo, go south 8 miles to FM 1618 (if coming from Centerville go north 7 miles) on Highway 75 to FM 1618. Go East on FM 1618 a distance of 1.7 miles to CR 276. Take a right on CR 276 and go 0.7 miles. Cemetery is on the left.

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

About Historic Texas Cemetery Designation

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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