Ebony Grove Cemetery

This cemetery, named for the land's clusters of ebony trees, began in 1922. The American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company developed Mercedes and about 200 square miles of adjacent farmlands, also deeding nearly nine acres to the Mercedes Cemetery Association, which still cares for the burial ground. Among the earliest marked graves are those of siblings Maude Evans (d. 1876) and Eugene E. Evans, Jr. (d. 1881), whose remains were reinterred from another cemetery. Ebony Grove Cemetery is shaped like a shield, bounded by the Arroyo Colorado on three sides with an ordered plot layout. Notable landscape features include stone slab covers and fraternal organization gravestones. Historic Texas Cemetery – 2006

Ebony Grove Cemetery is a historical marker in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, dedicated in 2007. It is one of 138 historical markers documented in Hidalgo County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 236 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 26.1271, -97.9054 near Mercedes. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mercedes Memorial Restlawn (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Temple Beth Israel, 1st North Dakota Infantry, and Mercedes Enterprise.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013987. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.