Cemetery

Ijams

Colorado County · THC Atlas #7089001305

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About this site

Ijams is a cemetery in Colorado County, Texas. It is one of 59 cemeteries documented in Colorado County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 171 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.6764, -96.6301. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shepard Memorial (cemetery), about 2.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Perry, Glidden Baptist Church, and Glidden.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7089001305. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Ijams Cemetery, also known as Pleasant Grove or Skull Creek Cemetery, lies near Glidden in Colorado County, on the south side of FM 2434 west of Rocky Hill Road. With its earliest recorded burial in 1858, it is among the county's older rural cemeteries, holding roughly ninety graves.

Sources: roadsidethoughts.com findagrave.com

📍 29.6764, -96.6301 · Colorado County

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Nearby in Colorado County

Glidden Baptist Church

Pleasant Hill Cemetery