Fairview Cemetery

Five-month-old Victor Nordhem was laid to rest in February 1900, on land bought by Alison J. Adams for an individual burial plot. In 1908, Adams deeded additional acreage to the Fairview Cemetery Association. Decoration Day, later Memorial Day, was a day for grave decoration, music, speeches and activities. More than 1200 marked and unmarked burials have been recorded. Features include markers made of concrete, marble, granite and cypress wood. Dozens of military veterans are interred here, as well as settlers and descendants from the Japanese Colony begun at Webster in 1903. The cemetery conveys many diverse and interesting stories of the past.

Fairview Cemetery is a historical marker in League City, Galveston County, dedicated in 2013. It is one of 283 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 373 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.5180, -95.0964 near League City. The nearest cataloged historic site is Galveston County Poor Farm (historical marker), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include T. J. and Mary Lelia Dick House, First Baptist Church of League City, and St. Mary Mission Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017637. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.