Historic Cemetery

Camilla Cemetery

a.k.a. McGowen Cemetery, Milby Hill Cemetery, Hale Cemetery

Texas
Location: It is located in the Camilla Community overlooking Lake Livingston. Reached by paved highway, FM 3278 and a dirt road. To reach the Camilla Cemetery, take FM 3278, approximately 2-miles from Camilla going east toward the Lake Livingston Dam Site. There is a dirt road which leads up the hill to the cemetery.

Source: Local history notes; THC intern notes; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; San Jacinto County, Texas Historical Comm. San Jacinto County, Texas, Cemetery Records, 1997; San Jacinto County, Texas Historical Comm. San Jacinto County, Texas, C

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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