Historic Cemetery

Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery

Texas
Location: SA-C132 Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery THC site visit MB 9/23/04: San Augustine, Tx area. FM 354 from stop sign at sharp bend in FM 354 go about 0.6 mile to gravel road on right, CR 203, cem. signs on roadway, turn on gravel road about 1.0 mile (stay left at CR 269), cemetery behind church. Fenced formal site, diversity of markers over time including slabs, carnes, local castings, and scraped earth, some fieldstones. Cedar marker trees, some stumps of previous marker trees, also large Gardenia shrubs, some roses and Irises. Site on hill, slopes to N. Abundant floral grave materials. Affiliations US veterans, Masons. Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery. Approx 0.55 acre. SA-C132. San Augustine, Tx area. GPS 31.34.16.81449N –94.15.58.52260W. Quad 3194-421 © RIP Survey, Texas Historical Commission.Low risk endangerment, fenced, maintained, associated church, still in use, on map. AA 3194-421 USGS.

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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