Marker Inscription
(supplemental plaque)
Historical Marker
Oakland Memorial Park (THC #5507014705)
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About this site
Oakland Memorial Park is a historical marker in Terrell, Kaufman County. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Kaufman County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 178 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7373, -96.2895 near Terrell. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oakland Memorial Park (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Robert A. Terrell, Frank Reaugh, and Oakland-Terrell Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507014705. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
After Terrell grew into a railroad town in the 1870s, its citizens established a community burial ground when John R. Terrell sold seven acres for a cemetery in 1878; the first interments were Peter Meinenger and Dr. G. W. Ridgell. The Oakland Cemetery Association formed in 1925 to provide perpetual care, and the name Oakland Memorial Park was adopted in 1931. Those buried here include the artist Frank Reaugh and twenty British Royal Air Force cadets who died while training at Terrell's British Flying Training School during World War II.
Sources: hmdb.org
Also at or near Terrell, Kaufman County
“Oakland Memorial Park” names 2 distinct records in Kaufman County. This page is the historical marker in Terrell. The others:
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