Cemetery

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

Warda · Fayette County · THC Atlas #7149007205

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About this site

Holy Cross Lutheran Church is a cemetery in Warda, Fayette County. It is one of 65 cemeteries documented in Fayette County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 209 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0583, -96.9210 near Warda. The nearest cataloged historic site is Stephen Williams (historical marker), about 5.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Bradshaw-Killough House, St Michaels, and Shiloh Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7149007205. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Holy Cross Lutheran Church cemetery at Warda serves a congregation organized on March 17, 1873, by eight families as the Holy Cross Parish of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession. The surrounding community was settled by Wendish (Sorbian) immigrants after A. E. Falke began buying land in 1867, and the village was named for Wartha in Saxony, his former home. Burials at Holy Cross date to June 1873, with a second cemetery established after the congregation relocated into Warda in the early 1880s; together the grounds hold more than 900 marked graves.

Sources: holycrosswarda.com texasescapes.com

📍 30.0583, -96.9210 · Warda, Fayette County

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