Cemetery

Shepard Memorial

Glidden · Colorado County · THC Atlas #7089002705

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About this site

Shepard Memorial is a cemetery in Glidden, 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 29.6926, -96.5937 near Glidden. The nearest cataloged historic site is Glidden Baptist Church (historical marker), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Glidden, Willing Workers, and Hebrew Benevolence Society Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7089002705. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Shepard Memorial Cemetery is a historically African American burial ground serving the Glidden community, a railroad settlement just west of Columbus in Colorado County. It is one of more than 130 cemeteries and burial sites in the county documented through the survey work of the late Bill Stein and volunteers at the Nesbitt Memorial Library in Columbus.

Sources: coloradocountyhistory.org redriversankofahs.org

📍 29.6926, -96.5937 · Glidden, Colorado County

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