Marker Inscription
This cemetery, Lampasas' oldest, was established as a pioneer community graveyard in the mid-1850s. The first marked burial here was that of Rebecca Hughes in 1854. The cemetery is named after Arkansas natives William M. and Cynthia Cook who moved to Texas about 1856 and bought the land containing this graveyard in 1861. No recorded burials occurred here after that of J. S. Brown (d. 1873), due, it is believed, to major flooding here in 1873. The cemetery has been altered by highway and business development. It was deeded to the Lampasas County Historical Commission in 1978.
About this site
Cook Cemetery is a historical marker in Lampasas, Lampasas County. It is one of 73 historical markers documented in Lampasas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0568, -98.1750 near Lampasas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cook (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cook Home, 1861, Old, Flood, The 1957, and First United Methodist Church of Lampasas.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5281001048. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
