Cemetery

Prairie Lea Woodman of the World Cemetery

Caldwell County · THC Atlas #7055013005

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About this site

Prairie Lea Woodman of the World Cemetery 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 29.7450, -97.7507. The nearest cataloged historic site is Prairie Lea Masonic Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fentress, Dr. James, Prairie Lea Cemetery, and Prairie Lee Hispanic.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7055013005. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This cemetery in the historic community of Prairie Lea is associated with the Woodmen of the World, the fraternal benefit society whose members were often marked with distinctive tree-stump headstones. Prairie Lea, settled in 1839 and named by Sam Houston for Margaret Lea, is Caldwell County's oldest community; its Woodmen cemetery holds burials dating to the early twentieth century.

Sources: tshaonline.org sites.rootsweb.com

📍 29.7450, -97.7507 · Caldwell County

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