Cemetery

Wiggins

Cherokee County · THC Atlas #7073002705

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About this site

Wiggins is a cemetery in Cherokee County, Texas. It is one of 169 cemeteries documented in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 287 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.9487, -94.9954. The nearest cataloged historic site is Thompson Plot (cemetery), about 2.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Union Hill, Lone Star, and Unknown (Between CR 4502 and FM 2274).

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7073002705. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Wiggins Cemetery, in far eastern Cherokee County near Lake Striker, began as a family burial ground on the Wiggins place. According to county histories, a member of the Wiggins family provided in his will for two burial plots on the property, one for the family and one for enslaved people, and the site later lay within the grounds of a Texas Power & Light generating plant. It is counted among the county's historic cemeteries.

Sources: txgenweb.org

📍 31.9487, -94.9954 · Cherokee County

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