Location: Cook Family Cemetery Polk Co Tx Cem/website: “Location: From Onalaska, Hwy 356 W., 2.1 miles on left at homestead. There are four marked graves in this small fence area, but room for at least two more. Four graves. Index, earliest 1895.” Cook Family Cemetery Indexed on Aug. 13, 2001 by Beverly & Destiny Location: From Onalaska, 356 W., 2-1/10 miles on left at homestead. There are four marked graves in this small fence area, but room for at least two more.THC site visit MB 8-05-05 w/ B Evins. SH 190 to FM 325, E about 2 miles, across from Wildwood Church Rd, on L side of road. Wooded area, no obvious entrance. Small footpath can be discerned directly across from front of Wildwood Church. Site is approx ___ ft. off FM 325. Small formal site, three obelisks and a small masonry marker. Field fencing, gate, no sign. Recent floral materials on graves. Encroaching woodland, residences to the S are nearby but not visible. Appears to be seasonally maintained. GPS PENDING3095-442High risk endangerment, fenced, evidence of recent visitation, floral materials, near residences, but not on map, tiny cem in heavy wooded logging area, no sign, only path about 100 ft. off 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.