Tidmore Cemetery

Murchison, Texas 75778

Location: Located in the SE corner of Van Zandt Co. near the Henderson Co. line. From Canton, take Hwy 19 south about 9 miles, turn left on FM 858, continue to Martins Mill. Make a right turn at the store on FM 1861 that goes by the school and on south about 5 miles. A sign indicates a left turn to Edom and Murchison, FM 2339. Make the left turn and Tidmore Cemetery is about 2.25 miles on the left.

Source: Van Zandt County Texas Cemeteries Book 1-4; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; TxDot map 1990; USGS

About Historic Texas Cemetery Designation

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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