Cemetery

Judea

Marion County · THC Atlas #7315003305

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About this site

Judea is a cemetery in Marion County, Texas. It is one of 30 cemeteries documented in Marion County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 132 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7971, -94.2339. The nearest cataloged historic site is Frazier Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Taylor, Douglas, and unknown (Mt Carmel Ch).

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7315003305. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Judea Cemetery lies a short distance north of Judea Church near Smithland in eastern Marion County. It is the burial ground of the African American Judea community, which supported a church and a school that taught eighty-six pupils in 1899 and remained a rural settlement of businesses, a sawmill, and scattered dwellings into the mid-20th century.

Sources: texasalmanac.com txgenwebcounties.com

📍 32.7971, -94.2339 · Marion County

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Nearby in Marion County

unknown (Mt Carmel Ch)