Historic Cemetery

Camp Ruby Cemetery

FM1276, Livingston, Texas 77351
Location: Camp Ruby Community Church Cemetery - Recorded: POLK02—Parsons; Polk Co Tx Cem/website: Many graves. Index, earliest about 1920 (?), CSA. L. Moore: “1.4 miles SE on FM 1276 from Hwy 190 E.”US Veteranss: WWI and WWII, Korea, VietnamCSA THC site visit MB 2-06-05: Indian Springs, Tx area. SH 190 to FM 1276 for 1.4 miles to Camp Ruby Rd, S for 0.2 mile to church, site and nearby annex. Large fenced site, sign on gate. Formal markers, diversity over time, including obelisks, angel sculptures, photo enamels, mounding with seashells and dirt forms, benches, homemade markers. Marker shrubs of crape Myrtle, stumps of previous marker trees, 2 large Cedar, some Oaks. Abundant grave materials, floral and toys, some flags. USGS 3094-31GPS and NOTES PENDINGLow risk endangerment, fenced, maintained, still in use, associated church, on map, on road.

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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