Cemetery

Negro Graveyard

Caldwell County · THC Atlas #7055012205

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About this site

Negro Graveyard is a cemetery in Caldwell County, Texas. It is one of 47 cemeteries documented in Caldwell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 106 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8421, -97.8041. The nearest cataloged historic site is Humphreys Cemetery (historical marker), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Santa Maria Aida Cemetery, Ebenezer Lutheran Church, and Schawe Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7055012205. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Recorded under its USGS place name near Martindale in western Caldwell County, this is one of the county's historically African American burial grounds. Caldwell County contains numerous such cemeteries dating to the era of slavery and the freedmen communities that formed after emancipation, several of which are catalogued by the Plum Creek Almanac Project's survey of the county's Black cemeteries.

Sources: txgenwebcounties.org

📍 29.8421, -97.8041 · Caldwell County

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