From US Hwy 82, take Farm to Market Road 2735 north; travel 0.3 miles. Turn east on Martin Luther King Boulevard; travel 0.1 miles. Turn north on Oak Street; travel 0.1 miles. Road will dead end into the cemetery; cemetery is surrounded by chain link fence.
Old DeKalb
Walk among the Texans who came before.
Old DeKalb is a cemetery in DeKalb, Bowie County. It is one of 120 cemeteries documented in Bowie County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 164 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.5165, -94.6170 near DeKalb. The nearest cataloged historic site is De Kalb (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include First United Methodist Church of DeKalb, De Kalb, and Honea Plot.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7037006705. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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