Cemetery

Rancho Nixon Latin

Nixon · Gonzales County · THC Atlas #7177001405

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About this site

Rancho Nixon Latin is a cemetery in Nixon, Gonzales County. It is one of 85 cemeteries documented in Gonzales County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 186 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.2896, -97.7653 near Nixon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Harris Chapel-Rising Star Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First Baptist Church of Nixon, Nixon, and Fanning.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7177001405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This historic Latin American (Mexican-American) cemetery serves the old Rancho community near Nixon, part of a landscape of racially segregated burial grounds in the area. The Nixon Latin American Cemetery Association that cares for it is more than a century old, reflecting the deep roots of the region's Mexican-American families.

Sources: gonzalesinquirer.com historic.one

📍 29.2896, -97.7653 · Nixon, Gonzales County

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