Historic Cemetery

East Boone Prairie Cemetery

Owensville, Texas
Location: From Franklin, take FM 46 North 3.8 miles to Owensville, turn right at the Owensville Store onto FM 979, go north 2.7 miles. Where 979 intersects 2293, turn right to stay on 979, go 2.8 miles (West Boone Prairie Cemetery will be on your left), and just before the power plant, turn right onto County Road 376 (East Boone Prairie Cemetery Road), after 1 mile dirt road makes a sharp left, turn right, proceed .2 miles.

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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