Cemetery

Wiley College (Cemetery)

Harrison County · THC Atlas #7203006905

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About this site

Wiley College is a cemetery in Harrison County, Texas. It is one of 151 cemeteries documented in Harrison County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 268 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.5216, -94.3787. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fairview (cemetery), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, H.B. Pemberton, and Adams House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7203006905. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Wiley College Cemetery marks the original site of Wiley College south of Marshall, the historically Black institution founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Freedmen's Aid Society and the oldest such college west of the Mississippi River. The burial ground remained after the college moved to downtown Marshall in 1880 and holds graves connected to the school's early families.

Sources: tshaonline.org texasalmanac.com

Also at or near Harrison County

“Wiley College” names 2 distinct records in Harrison County. This page is the cemetery. The others:

Wiley College — Historical Marker in Marshall (1973)

📍 32.5216, -94.3787 · Harrison County

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