Historic Cemetery

New Hope Pentacostal Church Cemetery

TX-21, San Augustine, Texas 75972
Location: SA-C083 New Hope Pentacostal Church Cemetery AKA New Hope #1 & #2 USGSRootsweb; A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records, Parsons 1988; USGenWebTSHA Handbook of Texas: NEW HOPE, TEXAS (San Augustine County). New Hope is on Farm Road 354 nine miles west of San Augustine in northwestern San Augustine County. In 1904 the New Hope school had forty-nine pupils and one teacher, and by 1932 the New Hope school district had seventy-four pupils and three teachers. The community consisted of a church, a school, and scattered dwellings in 1940. By the 1980s New Hope comprised a number of dwellings, a cemetery, and a community center. Mark Odintz THC site visit MB 9/23/04. From FM 354 E on CR 220 for 1.6 miles, cemetery behind frame church. Small formal cemetery. Fenced, formal markers. No marker trees. Photo enamel. US veteran. San Augustine grass. New Hope Pentacostal Church Cemetery. Approx 0.23 acre. SA-C083. New Hope, Tx area. GPS 31.32.49.27548N –94.15.37.36427W. Quad 3194-421. © RIP Survey, Texas Historical Commission.Low risk of endangerment, fenced, associated church, maintained, still in use, near road, on map. 3194-421 USGS; Rootsweb; A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records, Parsons 1988; USGenWeb.

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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