Weslaco City Cemetery (2010)

The City of Weslaco, named for the W.E. Stewart Land Company, was founded in December 1919. In 1921, the city established a cemetery here, outside the original townsite. The first grave is that of Reuben W. Warren (d. 1921). Also buried here are Weslaco city founders Edmond Cooper Couch (1876-1944) and Robert Lee Reeves (1871-1938). H.E. Bennett platted the burial ground in 1922, and he platted an addition in 1926. Throughout the cemetery, grave markers indicate military service and fraternal organization membership. The City of Weslaco maintains the burial ground of more than 6,000 gravesites. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2003

Weslaco City Cemetery is a historical marker in Weslaco, Hidalgo County, dedicated in 2010. 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 26.1501, -97.9884 near Weslaco. The nearest cataloged historic site is Weslaco City Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Skaggs House, First Presbyterian Church, and Weslaco High School.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016644. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.