Location: Moore Family Cemetery — Recorded: POLK01, POLK02—Parsons; Polk Co Tx Cem/website: Located on the west side of Kate Lowe Road between the East Tempe Community and FM 1988 near Mt. Rose. The cemetery has a chain link fence and is 210 ft x 100 ft in size. About 9 graves. Index, earliest 1870.”US Veterans: Spanish Am. WarTHC site visit MB 2-06-05: Livingston, Tx area. From US 59 W on on SH 190 to FM 350, left or S on FM 350 for 0.6 mile to Kate Lowe Rd for 1.0 mile, W or right side. Adjacent to rural residential, outskirts of town. Fenced formal site with diversity of markers over time, including obelisks, mortuary stones, one slab, benches, a spire and some unique constructions, one decorative iron grave fence and one St. Francis statue. Marker trees and shrubs of Narcisssus, Pine, Oak. Floral grave materials, flags. Recent burial. US veterans including Sp Am War and recent burial from Iraq War. Approx 0.5 acre. GPS 30.41.56.70859N –94.48.13.9262W. USGS 094-323 Low risk endangerment, fenced, maintained, still in use, near road, near town, on map.
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.