Cemetery

Coleman

Lavaca County · THC Atlas #7285003205

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About this site

Coleman is a cemetery in Lavaca County, Texas. It is one of 70 cemeteries documented in Lavaca County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 174 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.4921, -96.9785. The nearest cataloged historic site is Radhost School (historical marker), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Charles & Johanna Pagel Family Cemetery, Breslau, and Vollentine, Arthur Henry.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7285003205. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Coleman Cemetery, also known as the Shimek Cemetery, is a small family burial ground in the Ponton League about five miles north of Hallettsville, near where a Baptist church once stood. It holds only six markers, all bearing death dates from the 1880s. The oldest is for eighty-year-old W. R. Coleman, who died October 29, 1881.

Sources: lavacacountyhistory.org

📍 29.4921, -96.9785 · Lavaca County

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Nearby in Lavaca County

Charles & Johanna Pagel Family Cemetery

Hallettsville (v) · 2018

Vollentine, Arthur Henry

Hallettsville · 1994

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