Historic Cemetery

Buckley Cemetery

Milam, Texas 75959
Location: SB-C024 Buckley Cemetery USGS point3193-234 Sabine Co Hist Soc, Rootsweb: 312951N-0935156S—Check update on website. Tx Funeral Serv. lists in Milam. North of Milam, west of Isla.THC site visit MB 6/29/04, 6/30/04GPS: Milam, Tx area. Off FM 276 about 1.4 miles SW on Carters Ferry Rd. Fenced formal site. Diversity of formal over time, some informal markers, unique and local castings, curbing, gravel, slabs, mounding. Marker trees of Catalpa and Cedar, marker shrubs Gardenia and Crape Myrtle, Irises, Cannas. Abundant floral and decorative grave materials. Approx 1.0 acre. GPS 31.29.51.24219N –93.51.56.77521W. Quad 3193-234. Low risk of endangerment, fenced, maintained, still in use, visible from roadway, on map. AA 3193-234 Tx Co Hwy map on-line, no name.

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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