Cemetery

Latexo Cem (USGS)

Houston County · THC Atlas #7225033205

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About this site

Latexo Cem (USGS) 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 31.4128, -95.4958. The nearest cataloged historic site is McQueen Burial Plot (cemetery), about 1.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include New Salem, Latexo #1 Cemetery, and Town of Latexo.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7225033205. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This cemetery serves Latexo, a small farming community in western Houston County that grew up around the International and Great Northern Railroad after the line was built through the area in 1872. The town itself was formally platted just after 1900, when the Louisiana Texas Orchard Company bought some 3,000 surrounding acres and coined the name 'Latexo' as an acronym of the firm. The graveyard holds early residents of that railroad and orchard settlement.

Sources: tshaonline.org

📍 31.4128, -95.4958 · Houston County

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