Historic Cemetery

Wagner Hill Cemetery

Corrigan, Texas 75939
Location: Polk Co Tx Cem/website: listing near Piney Creek, no descript. GNIS near Trevat. 310302N x 0945513WPCHS, Cannon Pritchard 3/10/05: email:We are trying to find someone in the county who can give us directions to the the Wagner Hill Cemetery #1 and #2. We were aware that the cemeteries existed, but have not known where they are located.Attempted site visit MB 8-05-05 w/ C Pritchard: E of US 59, W on off FM 357, N of Moscow, off County Line Road North. Approx 4 miles on County Line Road North, across Tyler Co line and back again. Site is at end of dim lane, about 1 mile. Remote in logging and clear-cut timber area. Estimated access road overgrown, timber debris, difficult access. Revisit with ORV. GPS 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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