Cemetery

Monthalia African American

Monthalia · Gonzales County · THC Atlas #7177010005

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About this site

Monthalia African American is a cemetery in Monthalia, 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 29.4619, -97.5847 near Monthalia. The nearest cataloged historic site is Monthalia Methodist (cemetery), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Monthalia Catholic, Monthalia Lutheran, and Monthalia Methodist Episcopal Church (new).

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7177010005. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Monthalia African American Cemetery, historically called the Monthalia Negro Cemetery, is one of several segregated burial grounds serving the Monthalia community south of Gonzales, which also had Methodist, Catholic, and Lutheran cemeteries. It contains well over a hundred recorded graves of the area's Black families.

Sources: findagrave.com accessgenealogy.com

📍 29.4619, -97.5847 · Monthalia, Gonzales County

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Nearby in Gonzales County

Monthalia Methodist Episcopal Church (new)