Social Grove Cemetery

Texas

Location: About 9 mi. N.E. of Centerville, Texas, off FM 1618. Take FM 1618 and go east from Highway 75 a distance of 3.4 miles to CR 277, take a right turn on CR 277 and go south 1.9 miles to CR 278. Take a right on CR 278 and go 200 or 300 feet to a big metal gate on the left side of the road. The cemetery is about 100 yards south of CR 278 through this gate.

Source: Local history notes; 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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