Cemetery

East Texas Penitentiary

Rusk · Cherokee County · THC Atlas #7073013705

Walk among the Texans who came before.

Marker Inscription

The cemetery is located on property belonging to the State of Texas. between the State Hospital on the east and Loop #343 on the west in Rusk, Texas.

About this site

East Texas Penitentiary is a cemetery in Rusk, Cherokee County. It is one of 129 cemeteries documented in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 245 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.8038, -95.1675 near Rusk. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rusk State Hospital (cemetery), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Rusk Penitentiary Building, Rusk Public School No. 2 for African Americans, Site of, and Confederate Gun Factory.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7073013705. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 31.8038, -95.1675 · Rusk, Cherokee County

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