Historic Cemetery

Blair Cemetery

Texas
Location: Take Highway 87 from Center Northwest for 15.6 miles to Timpson at the intersection of Highway 59 and Highway 84. Turn on left and continue for 2.1 miles on U.S. 59. Turn left on Farm to Market Road 2667 and go for 1.7 miles. The cemetery is on the left of the highway next to the Blair Church (see http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.net/Shelby/cem_pics/cem_blair.htm).

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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