Masonic Cemetery

In 1859, a decade after Medina County was created, Freemasons and others in the New Fountain Settlement built a 2-story stone church-lodge hall at this site. Hondo Valley Lodge No. 252, A.F. & A.M., was chartered in 1860. The Masonic Cemetery was opened here in 1864 when Junior Warden Rubin Smith was killed by Indians. Masons and members of their families rest here in 22 graves. By an unexplained circumstance, Masonic emblem is upside down on 2 headstones. Hondo Valley Lodge, demised in 1883, was parent of Devine Lodge No. 590 and Hondo City Lodge No. 756, A.F. & A.M. (1973)

Masonic Cemetery is a historical marker in Hondo, Medina County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 56 historical markers documented in Medina County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 112 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.3739, -99.0828 near Hondo. The nearest cataloged historic site is St. John's Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include The Wiemers Oak, New Fountain Cemetery, and New Fountain (Soldaten Kemp) Methodist Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5325003242. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.