Historical Marker
Chalk Mountain Cemetery
Historical marker location:
SH 67, Chalk Mountain, Texas
( from Stephenville, take SH 67 southeast about 18 miles, continue .25 miles south past village of Chalk Mountain, turn S on CR 198, then E into Somervell County and S on CR 2015. Church and cemetery are on CR 2015.)
Marker installed: 1991
The village of Chalk Mountain originated as a trading center before the Civil War. The earliest burial at Chalk Mountain Cemetery, the only burial ground to have served this community, is that of Abigal Davis (d. 1874), but the presence of unmarked burials indicates possible earlier use. Confederate veteran Hiram Berry Rogers (1840-1929) deeded the cemetery to the county in 1915. Over 350 graves, including those of Rogers and veterans of the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean War, are interred here. It has been maintained by a cemetery association since 1959. (1991).