About this site
St. Marys Catholic 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 31.7750, -97.0873. The nearest cataloged historic site is Closner (cemetery), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Groppe Barn, Church of The Assumption, and History of West Museum.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7309007605. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at West grew out of the parish of St. Mary's Church of the Assumption, organized as Czech, Moravian, Slovak, and German Catholic families settled the area; the church was built in 1892, and in 1893 Joseph and Maria Hromadka sold the cemetery land to the diocese. More than 2,700 people are buried here, among them Monsignor Joseph Pelnar (1865-1940), who led the parish for forty years and lies beneath a large stone cross. Many markers bear Czech-language epitaphs, reflecting the community's heritage, and the Texas Historical Commission placed a marker at the site in 1996.
Sources: hmdb.orgczechsoftexas.com
