Cemetery

Willing Workers

Columbus · Colorado County · THC Atlas #7089002205

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About this site

Willing Workers is a cemetery in Columbus, Colorado County. 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 29.6975, -96.5649 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hebrew Benevolence Society Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include St. Anthony Catholic, Wallace, Colonel Joseph Worthington Elliott, and Site of the Camp (Ramirez y Sesma).

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7089002205. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Willing Workers Cemetery sits on the west side of Montezuma Street just south of FM 806 (Cardinal Lane) in Columbus, the seat of Colorado County. It holds roughly 590 recorded burials spanning from the late 19th century into the 2000s and includes the graves of about 14 military veterans. Local historians systematically surveyed the grounds beginning in 1990, and it remains an active community cemetery.

Sources: coloradocountyhistory.org

📍 29.6975, -96.5649 · Columbus, Colorado County

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