Historic Cemetery

Mt Rose Cemetery

Livingston, Texas 77351
Location: Mt. Rose Cemetery — Recorded: POLK01, POLK02—Parsons; R. Peebles: “ S of Livingston on FR1989 (State Park Rd.)” Polk Co Tx Cem/website: no descript, location only. Many, many graves. Index, earliest about 1913.”Homemade stonesUS Veteranss of WWI and WWII, and possibly later warsCSATHC site visit MB 3-01-05GPS and NOTES PENDING.

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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