Historic Cemetery

McNeil Cemetery

Austin, Texas 78729
Location: From Loop 1 (Mopac), go 1.7 miles west on Howard Lane. Turn right at McNeil Rd. and go 1.0 mile north. Turn left onto unnamed, paved road and go 0.3 mile west. At intersection, turn right and go 0.5 mile. Turn left onto gravel road and go 0.1 mile to cemetery. Cemetery is located adjacent to RR tracks. In order to visit the cemetery, one must arrange access through the Austin White Lime Company, who owns and maintains 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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