Historical MarkerBushdale Cemetery
Rockdale · Milam County · Dedicated 1998 · THC Atlas #5507018575
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About this site
Bushdale Cemetery is a historical marker in Rockdale, Milam County, dedicated in 1998. It is one of 91 historical markers documented in Milam County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 204 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.6830, -97.0426 near Rockdale. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bushdale Community (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Strelsky, Hickory Grove, and Rockdale IOOF.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507018575. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
German immigrants founded the Bushdale farming community in northwestern Milam County in the 1870s, and a community cemetery was established on land owned by John and Johanna Broeckl in 1878. The settlement grew to include a schoolhouse that doubled as a church, Peace Lutheran Church (organized 1883), a store, cotton gin, and blacksmith shop. After the church moved to Rockdale in 1909 and the school closed in 1949, the cemetery became the community's only remnant.
Sources: milamcountyhistoricalcommission.orghmdb.org
