Cemetery

Sylvester

Fisher County · THC Atlas #7151000905

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About this site

Sylvester is a cemetery in Fisher County, Texas. It is one of 11 cemeteries documented in Fisher County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 27 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7011, -100.2682. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rock House; The Old (historical marker), about 2.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fisher County, Woods Chapel Cemetery, and Longworth Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7151000905. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Sylvester Cemetery serves the town of Sylvester in southeastern Fisher County, laid out in 1903 by the Compere brothers of Abilene on part of the A. J. Ranch and named for railway promotion manager W. W. Sylvester. The rails reached town in 1905 and the population topped 600 by 1909; the cemetery holds graves from the community's earliest years.

Sources: tshaonline.org cemeteries-of-tx.com

📍 32.7011, -100.2682 · Fisher County

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Nearby in Fisher County

Historical Marker

Rock House; The Old

Sylvester vicinity · 1984

Woods Chapel Cemetery

Newman Community and Cemetery

Sylvester vicinity · 1993

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Newman Community

Newman (South of Sylvester)

Historical Marker

Royston Townsite

Roby vicinity · 1988