About this site
Carolina 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 31.2454, -97.0828. The nearest cataloged historic site is Union Cemetery (historical marker), about 2.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Clover Hill Cemetery, Clover Hill Cemetery, and unknown (Clover Hill Cem).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7145006605. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Carolina Cemetery is the surviving remnant of Carolina, one of the earliest settlements west of the Brazos River in Falls County. First known as Deer Creek when a post office opened around 1852, the community was renamed by settlers from North Carolina and became the site of the county's first Presbyterian church in 1854. After the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway bypassed the town, residents drifted away and by the 1930s little but the cemetery remained. Its graves include Confederate veterans and pioneer families, and the burial ground has been maintained since 1973 by the Carolina Cemetery Association.
Sources: tshaonline.orgusgenwebsites.org
