Cemetery

Himley

Colorado County · THC Atlas #7089006905

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About this site

Himley 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 29.8196, -96.3992. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hinks (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Bretschneider, Kellner, and Gaedecke.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7089006905. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Himley Cemetery is a tiny family plot named for the Himly family, located north of Bostik Road in Colorado County. Now enclosed by a chain-link fence roughly ten feet square in the backyard of a private home, it retains a single legible headstone; its earliest recorded death is 1885.

Sources: coloradocountyhistory.org

📍 29.8196, -96.3992 · Colorado County

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