Cemetery

Baursville

Lavaca County · THC Atlas #7285006605

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About this site

Baursville 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 29.5958, -97.1058. The nearest cataloged historic site is Baursville School (historical marker), about 1.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Novohrad School, Moulton, and Site of the Camp of the Texas Army.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7285006605. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Baursville Cemetery lies off County Road 261 at the site of Baursville, now a ghost town in Lavaca County that was settled by German immigrant farmers. The well-kept grounds hold more than one hundred markers, and their inscriptions record birthplaces across Europe, including one from Moscow, Russia, alongside a roll of German family names. Its oldest marker is that of Anna H. Fehrenkamp, who died July 28, 1881.

Sources: lavacacountyhistory.org texasescapes.com

📍 29.5958, -97.1058 · Lavaca County

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Nearby in Lavaca County

Site of the Camp of the Texas Army

Moulton Lodge No. 298, A.F. & A.M.