Cemetery

St Mark Church

Bell Bottom Community · Matagorda County · THC Atlas #7321001405

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About this site

St Mark Church is a cemetery in Bell Bottom Community, Matagorda County. It is one of 17 cemeteries documented in Matagorda County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 114 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.9361, -95.6858 near Bell Bottom Community. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shiloh Missionary Baptist (cemetery), about 2.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, King Van Estate Cemetery, and First Berean Missionary Baptist Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7321001405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

St. Mark Church Cemetery lies in the Bell Bottom community on Caney Creek, about sixteen miles southeast of Bay City, in an area named for A. C. Bell, who bought and developed the land in the late 1800s. The settlement was established around 1905 by two Black families who purchased small tracts from Bell, and by the 20th century it was served by St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church and its cemetery, both of which still appeared on county maps as late as 1990.

Sources: tshaonline.org usgenwebsites.org

📍 28.9361, -95.6858 · Bell Bottom Community, Matagorda County

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