Oaklawn Cemetery #1

a.k.a. Oak Lawn Cemetery, Woodlawn Cemetery

465 Cemetery Rd, Decatur, Texas 76234

Location: 1 mile N of Decatur. Oaklawn is located just northeast of Decatur. You turn north off the Hwy 380 bypass on the first exit west of FM 51. Follow the signs on Cemetery Road for a little over a mile and you’ll come to the brick entry gate on the right side of the road.

Source: THC records; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Wise County Historical Commission; Gregg, Rosalie, History of Wise County: A Link With the Past, 1988; Tombstone Transcription Project

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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