Historic Cemetery

Call Community Cemetery

a.k.a. Call Cemetery, black

Call, Texas
Location: Call Community Cemetery, blackNewton Co notes. Adjoins Call City Cem., white, but not AKATHC site visit MB 4-19-05 w/ E Gallagher and J Claude: Call, Tx area. Adjacent , to E of Call City Cemetery, white. Separate entrance, arched entryway with name. Large formal site, diversity of formal markers, including fenced graves, also obelisks, carnes, commercial markers, locally caste markers, some homemade markers. Abundant floral and religious grave materials. Many Cedar and Oak marker trees, also Roses, Irises. Several statues of Mary, one of Sacred Heart of Jesus. GPS PENDINGLow risk endangerment, not on map but fenced, maintained, sign, in use.

Source: RIP Fields Table

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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