Location: SB-C008 Pine Hill Cemetery USGS point3193-232 Pine Hill CemeterySabine Co Hist Soc, Rootsweb: “- From the courthouse in Hemphill, Texas go West on State Hwy 184 (Main Street) for 4.5 miles to the intersection of FM 2024 on the Left. Turn Left onto FM 2024 and go 0.7 mile to the Pine Hill church on the Left. The cemetery is located behind the church. A Green "Pine Hill Cemetery" sign is located on the highway at the driveway to the church. Additional information added in parenthesis. 88 graves. First , last 2001. Cem. Index.”THC site visit MB 6/30/04: Hemphill, Tx area. W on SH 184, S on FM 2024 for about 0.8 mile. Behind large frame church in area of large trees. Fenced, formal site. Diversity of formal markers over time, some informal, also scraped earth, white sand embellishment, curbing, gravel, slabs, mounding, and benches. Marker trees of Arborvitae and large Oaks. Also Daylilies. Abundant floral, religious and decorative grave materials, some embellishments of stones. Approx acreage: 0.5NEED GPS, no sats available—REVISITLow risk of endangerment, associated church, fenced, maintained, still in use, rural residential area, visible from roadway, on map. 3193-232 Tx Co Hwy Map, on-line site, no name given.
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.