Dougherty Community Cemetery

James W. Dougherty and his wife Isabella brought their family to Texas from Kentucky in the late 1840s. Joining the colony of Charles Fenton Mercer, they settled in this area. In 1851 they bought 640 acres here, where Dougherty was a farmer and a tanner. In 1877 their son Robert N. Dougherty donated one acre at this site for public use as a community burial ground. Two additional tracts of land, deeded to the cemetery association in 1935 and 1964, were acquired from A. V. and Della Terry. (1980)

Dougherty Community Cemetery is a historical marker in Emory, Rains County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 12 historical markers documented in Rains County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 57 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.9391, -95.7696 near Emory. The nearest cataloged historic site is Daugherty-Scott (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Prairie Grove Baptist Church, Clifton, and County Line School.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5379010855. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.