Location: Carrington Cemetery—AA USGS GeoMedia; GNIS; Polk Co Tx Cem/website: “The Carrington Cemetery was established about 1900 and is administered by the Carrington Cemetery Association. The cemetery serves the black community of Seven Oaks, Texas. It was named for Frank C. Carrington who was born on the property in 1856. The cemetery is very large in size and is enclosed by a chain-link fence. Adjacent to the entrance of this cemetery is a separate chain-link fenced section with a separate gate entrance. In this section are the graves of the members of the Carrington Family. Location: At the intersection of U.S. Highway 59 and Carrington Road in Seven Oaks, Texas, go East on Carrington Road (paved) for two miles. The road ends at the entrance to the cemetery. Many graves, indexed, oldest about 1920. US Veterans markers. African American cemetery US Veteranss, WW I and WW II, Korea and Vietnam Seven Oaks areaAttempted site visit 1-22-05, funeral arrived. THC site visit MB 3-13-05: Seven Oaks, Tx area. At end of Carrington Cemetery Rd. E of US 59, TxDoT sign. Adjacent to woodland and rural residential. Large fenced site, with small separate section at front of cemetery, family plot of Carrington family who deeded land for the cemetery. Pavillion. Formal markers, diversity over time, including obelisks, commercial markers, curbing, and some locally caste markers, some homemade markers. One photo enamel. Cedar and Juniper marker trees, stumps of previous marker trees, also Roses, Gardenia, Azalea. Abundant floral grave materials, some unique materials including a large glass heart shadow box with a clock and other small figurines inside. US veterans, Masonic. GPS and NOTES PENDINGLow risk endangerment, maintained, fenced, still in use, cem. assoc. on map, TxDoT sign 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.