Cemetery

Behrens

Mason County · THC Atlas #7319004505

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About this site

Behrens is a cemetery in Mason County, Texas. It is one of 27 cemeteries documented in Mason County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 67 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.8050, -99.2044. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mason County Courthouse (historical marker), about 3.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Ellison, Old Gooch, and New Gooch.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7319004505. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Behrens Cemetery marks the site of a small German settlement about four miles northeast of Mason, named for Henry Julius Behrens, one of the first German settlers to move there from Fredericksburg. Behrens arrived in January 1880, and he and his neighbors soon built a schoolhouse on his land, with the family cemetery established nearby. The rock Behrens house was reported still standing as late as 1976.

Sources: tshaonline.org

📍 30.8050, -99.2044 · Mason County

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Nearby in Mason County

Historical Marker

Mason County Courthouse

First Christian Church