Cemetery

unknown (St Rochs Ch)

Colorado County · THC Atlas #7089006305

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About this site

unknown (St Rochs Ch) 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 29.7509, -96.4366. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mentz-Bernardo Community (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Barten, Prause Cemetery, and Alleyton.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7089006305. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This burial ground lies at Mentz, a German Catholic community in eastern Colorado County originally called New Mainz, settled largely by immigrants who came under the Mainzer Verein from villages near Bingen on the Rhine. It is associated with St. Roch's Catholic Church, named for a hilltop chapel near the settlers' homeland; the congregation built its stone church in 1871. Burials in the Mentz churchyard reach back to the early 1860s.

Sources: coloradocountyhistory.org saintrochparish.org

📍 29.7509, -96.4366 · Colorado County

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Historical Marker

Mentz-Bernardo Community