Cemetery

St. Anthony Catholic

Colorado County · THC Atlas #7089008205

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About this site

St. Anthony Catholic 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 29.6992, -96.5622. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wallace, Colonel Joseph Worthington Elliott (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hebrew Benevolence Society Cemetery, Willing Workers, and Site of the Camp (Ramirez y Sesma).

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7089008205. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery lies near Columbus in Colorado County and is affiliated with St. Anthony Catholic Church, which took that name as a condition of a gift from the Catholic Church Extension Society. The cemetery was laid out with its first burials in 1950, and it holds roughly 692 graves of both Anglo and Hispanic parishioners.

Sources: coloradocountyhistory.org

📍 29.6992, -96.5622 · Colorado County

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