Cemetery

Caviness

Lamar County · THC Atlas #7277005705

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About this site

Caviness is a cemetery in Lamar County, Texas. It is one of 39 cemeteries documented in Lamar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 115 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.7710, -95.6463. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sumner (cemetery), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Mt. Tabor, Casey, and Post Oak.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7277005705. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Caviness Cemetery serves the small rural community of Caviness in north-central Lamar County, about eight miles from Paris on Farm Road 1499. The settlement was named for early resident Sidney Caviness, and by the 1930s the community of roughly fifty people included this cemetery. It remains a documented historic burial ground for the families of the Caviness area.

Sources: lamarcountytx.org tshaonline.org

📍 33.7710, -95.6463 · Lamar County

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