Cemetery

Lone Dove

Cherokee County · THC Atlas #7073009805

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About this site

Lone Dove 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 31.8500, -95.1294. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rowe (cemetery), about 1.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Mt. Mariah, Rusk State Hospital, and Taylor.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7073009805. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Lone Dove Cemetery lies about four miles north of Rusk, east of Highway 110, in northern Cherokee County. Its burials date to the 1800s, among the earliest being Sarah C. Timmons (1837-1879), and it served early settler families such as the Jenkins family. The cemetery was catalogued in 1968 and holds around 111 recorded graves.

Sources: txgenwebcounties.com tx-wooddell.net

📍 31.8500, -95.1294 · Cherokee County

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