Location: WT-C036Changed from WT-C189 AKA Chappell Hill Community Cemetery, AA THC site visit MB 4/07/04 NOT AKA Chappell Hill Masonic Cem.AKA Baptist Hill Cem. [maps, may be error] Chappell Hill Community Cemetery, AA—[sign] USGS, TxDoT unknown. NOT AKA Chappell Hill Masonic Cem.AKA Baptist Hill Cem. [TxDoT maps, error?]THC site visit MB 4/07/04: Sign FM. From FM 1155 for 0.2 miles on FM 2447. Sample Cemetery Rd 0.2 mile from FM 2447, W of bend. Sign at edge of cemetery. USGS show two separate sites, adjacent to Sample Cem. Large formal site, two sides fenced. Diversity of formal markers over time, some local castings, a few informal. Carnes, crubs, floral, some obelisks. Lillies, Irises, Roses. Grave Mounds, some scraped earth, some grave depressions. Abundant floral and decorative grave materials. Recent burials. Some Cedar marker trees. Grass-gravel access road. Adjacent to pasture, rural residential, some wooded. Near Chappell Hill. Approx 3 acres, ell shape. GPS 30.08.22.31749N –96.15.48.32881W. Quad 3096-124Low risk endangerment, still in use, GPS 30.08.22.31749N –96.15.48.32881W. Quad 3096-124 AA USGS 3096-124 USGS unknown.
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.