Cemetery

Sunset

Falls County · THC Atlas #7145003105

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About this site

Sunset is a cemetery in Falls County, Texas. It is one of 44 cemeteries documented in Falls County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 110 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4212, -96.9879. The nearest cataloged historic site is Morgan Family Cemetery (historical marker), about 1.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Gurley, Perry, Albert G. (Judge) and Harriet Elizabeth Grimes, and Indian Battlefield.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7145003105. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Sunset Community Cemetery, also known as Billingsley Cemetery, is a rural burial ground north of Riesel in northern Falls County. Its earliest marked graves are those of four Dowdy children killed in an 1878 Indian raid after the family moved from Goliad; pioneer H. L. Nelson (1835-1922), founder of the Mountain Home post office, is also buried here.

Sources: hmdb.org

📍 31.4212, -96.9879 · Falls County

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Nearby in Falls County

Historical Marker

Morgan Family Cemetery

Perry, Albert G. (Judge) and Harriet Elizabeth Grimes

Cedar Grove Baptist Church

Perry United Methodist Church

Perry · 1972