Cemetery

Smiley Latin American

Gonzales County · THC Atlas #7177012505

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About this site

Smiley Latin American 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 29.2632, -97.6348. The nearest cataloged historic site is Smiley Lake Baptist Church (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Smiley Lake and Townsite, Old, First Baptist Church of Smiley, and Smiley United Methodist Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7177012505. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Smiley Latin American Cemetery is the Mexican-American burial ground of Smiley (formerly Smiley Lake), a Gonzales County community founded in the early 1870s, and lies just east of the town's Baptist cemetery. It reflects the separate cemeteries maintained by Smiley's ethnic communities.

Sources: texasalmanac.com accessgenealogy.com

📍 29.2632, -97.6348 · Gonzales County

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