Cemetery

Union

Hopkins County · THC Atlas #7223002505

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About this site

Union is a cemetery in Hopkins County, Texas. It is one of 39 cemeteries documented in Hopkins County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 75 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.0304, -95.5984. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shooks Chapel Methodist Church (historical marker), about 3.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Reilly Springs, Liberty, and Arbala.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7223002505. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Union Cemetery occupies a hilltop about six miles southeast of Sulphur Springs, next to the Union Baptist Church off County Road 1444. Its earliest inscribed grave dates to 1861 and the oldest fully marked grave to 1875, and tradition holds that burials began as early as 1850. A Texas historical marker was placed at the front gate in 1985, and the cemetery holds more than 400 known graves.

Sources: hcgstx.org

📍 33.0304, -95.5984 · Hopkins County

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Nearby in Hopkins County

Historical Marker

Shooks Chapel Methodist Church

Sulphur Springs · 1988

South of Sulfur Springs

Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church

Sulphur Springs · 2010