Walk among the Texans who came before.
Drive south from Temple on FM 1741. Just past Waters Dairy Rd, highway will turn west. Keep going straight down private road, over railroad tracks and turn left at fork in the road. Drive down the hill or leave car at fork and cross low water crossing and up the bank. Where the road is level, turn left into first pasture and some three hundred feet is the cemetery at the edge of the free growth.
Prater Cemetery is a cemetery in Temple, Bell County, dedicated in 2007. It is one of 124 cemeteries documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 399 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0465, -97.3767 near Temple. The nearest cataloged historic site is Green Oaks Farm (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Memorial Baptist Church of Temple, Nott, and Steakley Home - Temple's Oldest Home.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7027004905. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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