Historic Cemetery

Mt Pleasant (Jericho) Cemetery

854 Co Rd 1273, Center, Texas 75935
Location: From the Intersection of Highway 7 and Highway 96 in Center, Texas, take Highway 7 West for 3.7 Miles to the Farm Road 711 and turn left. Go about 3.4 miles and turn right on County Road #1273 and go about .6 mile. The cemetery is on the right behind the Mt. Pleasant Church. There are 175 unmarked graves in the cemetery (see http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.net/Shelby/cem_pics/cem_mtpleasant1.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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