Palava Cemetery

Originally named Center Point, the town of Palava traces its history to early settlement in this area in the late 1870s. It was renamed when the U.S. Government granted a request to establish a post office here in 1900. Stella A. Daniel, member of a pioneer Fisher County family, served as the town's first postmaster. As more settlers arrived in the early 1900s, the town grew into a cotton marketing center. At its peak Palava boasted homes, four churches, a school, and such businesses as a cotton gin, retail stores, blacksmith shop, barber shop, and cafe. Although the oldest documented burials in the Palava Cemetery date to 1893, it is believed there are unmarked graves from as early as 1855. Interments include those of veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam. Also buried here is Charles Byrd (d. 1912), who served as a Texas Ranger in the Frontier Battalion in the 1870s. After the Palava School was consolidated with the Sweetwater School District in 1954, the community began to decline. The Palava Cemetery is now the only physical reminder of a once thriving town. It serves as a memorial to the area's pioneers. (1990)

Palava Cemetery is a historical marker in Roby vicinity, Fisher County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 15 historical markers documented in Fisher County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 27 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.5801, -100.3389 near Roby vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Longworth Cemetery (cemetery), about 5.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Newman Community, Newman Community and Cemetery, and Sylvester.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5151003915. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.