Cemetery

Pecan Branch

Gonzales County · THC Atlas #7177003705

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About this site

Pecan Branch is a cemetery in Gonzales County, Texas. 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 29.4843, -97.5256. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hodges, James, Sr. (historical marker), about 1.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hodge, Hodges Cemetery, and Dikes Family Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7177003705. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Pecan Branch Cemetery, also known as the Pecan Branch–Smith Cemetery, sits on land donated in 1850 by Isham and Elizabeth Hodges Smith about five and a half miles southwest of Gonzales, on the west side of Pecan Branch. It is one of the older rural burial grounds in the county, with graves spanning generations of area families. The cemetery was formally inventoried in 1975 by local genealogists.

Sources: files.usgwarchives.net findagrave.com

📍 29.4843, -97.5256 · Gonzales County

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