Cemetery

Prospect

Clay County · THC Atlas #7077000305

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About this site

Prospect is a cemetery in Clay County, Texas. It is one of 12 cemeteries documented in Clay County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 25 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.4825, -98.1987. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shannon Cemetery (historical marker), about 3.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Buffalo Springs, and Buffalo Springs, C.S.A..

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7077000305. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Prospect Cemetery serves the rural community of Prospect in far southern Clay County, about twenty-four miles south of the county seat at Henrietta. The settlement grew up in the early 1880s as a trade center for area farmers and ranchers and gained a post office in 1893.

Sources: tshaonline.org findagrave.com

📍 33.4825, -98.1987 · Clay County

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Nearby in Clay County

Pleasant Valley Cemetery

Buffalo Springs vicinity · 1988

Historical Marker

Buffalo Springs

Buffalo Springs · 1936

Historical Marker

Buffalo Springs, C.S.A.

Buffalo Springs · 1965

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Joy United Methodist Church