Cemetery

Johnson

Jefferson County · THC Atlas #7245000405

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About this site

Johnson is a cemetery in Jefferson County, Texas. It is one of 40 cemeteries documented in Jefferson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 166 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.9365, -93.9254. The nearest cataloged historic site is Greenlawn Memorial Park (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Janis Lyn Joplin, The Hughen School, and Harry Henry Choates.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7245000405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Johnson Cemetery, also known as Johnson Memorial Park, is one of the larger burial grounds serving the Groves and Port Arthur area of southern Jefferson County, with roughly 6,000 recorded interments. It lies in Groves, a community laid out in 1916 by the Griffing brothers on land once part of a tract conveyed by industrialist John Warne Gates. Its records are among the Jefferson County cemetery listings compiled for the county historical commission by Mildred Wright.

Sources: tshaonline.org jeffersoncountytx.gov

📍 29.9365, -93.9254 · Jefferson County

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