Historic Cemetery

Fred Community Cemetery

Fred, Texas
Location: Driving Directions:From the intersection of FM 92 and FM 1043, travel 0.1 mile south on FM 92. Turn left at CR 4700 (at the First Pentecostal Church sign) and go 0.7 mile east. The cemetery is located on the right just beyond the First Pentecostal Church.This cemetery is not a map feature, but it is maintained, fully fenced, and active. The earliest burials were in the 1980s.

Source: RIP Fields Table

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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