Proctor Cemetery

The land on which this cemetery is located was once part of a farm owned by the pioneer Larkin Gyger family. The first person interred here was W.B. Long (1817-1875), a Methodist minister and neighbor of the Gyger family. As the small town of Proctor began to grow with the arrival of the railroad in the 1890s, this gradually became a community graveyard. Fifty-seven of the graves are from the nineteenth century. Also buried here are nine veterans of the Civil War. A cemetery association, organized in 1940, maintains the historic burial ground. (1988)

Proctor Cemetery is a historical marker in Proctor, Comanche County, dedicated in 1988. It is one of 47 historical markers documented in Comanche County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 62 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.0032, -98.4129 near Proctor. The nearest cataloged historic site is Moore, Mollie E. (historical marker), about 1.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Proctor, Hanson Cemetery, and Buffalo Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5093004128. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.