About this site
Belcherville is a cemetery in Montague County, Texas. It is one of 35 cemeteries documented in Montague County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 77 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.8086, -97.8598. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ringgold Cemetery (cemetery), about 3.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Montague County, Early Trails in, Long Branch Cemetery, and Highway Paved with Gold.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7337004405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Belcherville Cemetery serves the ghost town of Belcherville in northwestern Montague County, about fifteen miles northwest of Montague. First known simply as Belcher for ranchers John and Alex Belcher, the place became a town in 1887 when the family platted a townsite in anticipation of the Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway. It boomed briefly as a cattle- and cotton-shipping point, was incorporated by 1893, then declined after fires and the loss of the railroad and gave up its charter in 1908. The cemetery, with several hundred graves, is one of the chief reminders of the vanished town.
Sources: tshaonline.orgfindagrave.com
