Glenwood South CemeteryAka Old Glenwood CemeteryTHC marker; A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records, Kim Parsons, 1988; Houston County Cemeteries, Houston county Historical Commission, 1977; Houston County Cemeteries, Third Edition, Houston County Historical Commission, 1987; USGS; Supplement to Houston County Texas Cemeteries Third Edition, 1998; USGenWeb Archives; topo map THC site visit MB 12-08-04: Crockett, Tx, Pease Rd at 2nd St, W of US 287. THC marker, 1836 State of Texas. Large fenced site with formal arched entryway and sign. Rolling landscape adjacent to road, small town residential, woodlands, across from Glenwood North. Ell-shaped site in current fencing, but existing gates of separate entrance and evidence of previous separating fenceline between road and ell, separating white and black sections of cemetery. Distinguishing cultural resources. [SEE Also Glenwood South Cem, AA HO-C330.] Formal site with diversity of formal markers over time, large and small, commercial and local. Some fenced burials, curbing, obelisks, spires, some fieldstones, vaults (masonry and caste). Marker trees and shrubs of Cedar, Crape Myrtle, Oak, Laurel, Irises, Narcissus, Rose. No floral or decorative grave materials, no evidence of recent burials. US veterans, Masonic, CSA. Approx 2.30 acres. GPS 31.19.15.84035N –95.27.37.81896W USGS 3195-132Low risk endangerment, THC marker, 1836 marker, fenced, maintained, in city, on map, on road.
Glenwood South
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Glenwood South is a cemetery in Houston County, Texas. It is one of 174 cemeteries documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.3212, -95.4609. The nearest cataloged historic site is George G. Alford (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include John Lawrence Hall, John Long, and John T. Smith.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7225001605. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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