Cemetery

Goree

Knox County · THC Atlas #7275000805

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About this site

Goree is a cemetery in Knox County, Texas. It is one of 8 cemeteries documented in Knox County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 14 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.4831, -99.5148. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rhineland (cemetery), about 8.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include St. Joseph Catholic Church, Johnson Memorial, and The Narrows.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7275000805. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Goree Cemetery serves the town of Goree in Knox County, which was established in 1906 when the Wichita Valley Railroad built through the site and the town incorporated. Named, like the town, for Confederate veteran and county pioneer Robert D. Goree, the cemetery holds well over a thousand graves of area families.

Sources: tshaonline.org usgwarchives.net

📍 33.4831, -99.5148 · Knox County

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St. Joseph Catholic Church

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