Cemetery

China

Jefferson County · THC Atlas #7245003305

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About this site

China 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 30.0601, -94.3442. The nearest cataloged historic site is Haven of Rest (Claybar) (cemetery), about 3.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Opelousas Trail, Berry, and Pivoto-Robinson Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7245003305. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

China Cemetery serves the town of China in western Jefferson County and is maintained by the China Cemetery Association. Located on Benoit Road, it holds well over a thousand interments for the small incorporated community, which grew among the Southern and Cajun settlers who populated the area in the nineteenth century.

Sources: texasgravestones.org chinatexas.net

📍 30.0601, -94.3442 · Jefferson County

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Nearby in Jefferson County

Cemetery

Haven of Rest (Claybar)

Beaumont, between Pine Island and China

Pivoto-Robinson Cemetery

Nome · 1997

Historical Marker

Pivoto-Robinson House