Historical Marker

Grange Hall Cemetery

Historical marker location:
Corsicana, Texas
( 12 mi. NW of Corsicana via SH 22, FM 1126 and FM 2930 (cemetery is on FM 2930 about 1.4 mi. north of FM 1126))
Marker installed: 1983

Established to serve the small farming community of Cryer Creek, Grange Hall Cemetery most likely derived its name from the active farmers' organization known as The Grange. The site was used for a burial ground as early as 1872, five years before Navarro County pioneer Samuel Wilson donated the land for a Methodist Church and churchyard. Those buried here include a number of Civil War veterans, area pioneer families, and members of the Mississippi colony who moved here from Meridian, Miss. in 1870.