Location: Hempstead Hebrew Cem----AKA Hebrew CemeteryAKA Hempstead Jewish Cem.Recorded WALL03—Parsons. Websites for Waller Co Hist & TexHist Cem: “Next to main Hempstead Cemetery; partial inventory from the Cemeteries of Texas site.” Direct of Cems in Waller Co, 1977/1992: “… Peebles and [his wife] Widow Groce … made townsite arrangement with S-P railroad, with main cem for whites only. Texas Town Let Co. owned land where Hebrew Cem estab. in 1840s-1850s, but no record of transfer. 1866 L. D. Gale gave endowment to City of Hempstead, Hempstead Hebrew Cem, perpetual care. Family plots. Approx 120 burials, a few unmarked. Oldest marked grave 1870s. German & Prussian Jewish immigrants, late 1800s.” THC site visit MB 5/15/04: S of Hempstead, on Grace Rd, S of SH 159. Access in grove of trees off road approx 30 ft. Across from Hempstead cemetery complex, residential area. Adjacent wooded area. Very formal cemetery, diversity of markers over time, large and small. Arched entry way, fenced. Star of David, Hebrew, curbs, gravel, Cedar marker trees. Approx 0.50 acres. GPS 30.04.59.53860N –96.04.07.66129W Quad 3096-111Low risk of endangerment. Still in use, maintained, fenced, near municipal cemeteries, residential area.
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.