Historic Cemetery

Tangue Allegre Cemetery

Rio Grande City, Texas 78582
Location: Driving Directions:From FM 755/FM 1017 W junction in La Gloria, go approx. 2.3 miles west on FM 1017 to FM 2686/FM 1017 junction. Stay left and go 1.0 mile west on FM 2686. Cemetery is approx. 573 ft. (0.1 mile) south of FM 2686 on west side of an abandoned road. There is a street sign posted at intersection of old road and FM 2686. The street sign reads Alamo Hts. Blvd.The cemetery is highly endangered. It is a map feature, but it is located on private property and is not directly accessible from a public road. There are no cemetery signs posted. The cemetery was fenced at one time, but the fence has fallen. Only a few fence posts remain. The cemetery is not maintained and is very overgrown. Only one grave marker was observed during this survey. It is a homemade concrete cross with embedded sea shells. No inscriptions were evident on the cross, which has fallen. There are also several marker plants. Livestock graze freely within the cemetery.

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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