Cemetery

Gerald

McLennan County · THC Atlas #7309006105

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About this site

Gerald is a cemetery in McLennan County, Texas. It is one of 37 cemeteries documented in McLennan County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 254 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.7133, -97.0459. The nearest cataloged historic site is Saint Paul's Church of Gerald (historical marker), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Saint Mary's Cemetery, St. Martin's Cemetery, and Tours Community.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7309006105. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Gerald Cemetery lies about eleven miles northeast of Waco on FM 308, the main surviving remnant of Gerald, a nineteenth-century German settlement that once had a post office, cotton gin, and general store before the community shifted to nearby Leroy with the coming of the railroad. Today only the cemetery and St. Paul's United Church of Christ remain. The oldest headstone dates to 1874, and many of the roughly three acres of markers, bearing family names such as Leuschner, Lander, Drews, and Schuetz, are inscribed in German.

Sources: interment.net historic.one

📍 31.7133, -97.0459 · McLennan County

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Historical Marker

Saint Paul's Church of Gerald

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