Cemetery

New Hope

Red River County · THC Atlas #7387008405

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About this site

New Hope is a cemetery in Red River County, Texas. It is one of 65 cemeteries documented in Red River County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 106 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.6469, -95.2673. The nearest cataloged historic site is Detroit (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Garner, John Nance, First Christian Church of Detroit, and Dean.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7387008405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

New Hope Cemetery lies about a mile south of Detroit in southwestern Red River County, adjoining the New Hope Baptist Church that it has served the local African American community since the early 1900s. Church deeds for the land date to 1883 and 1888, and the oldest marked grave is that of Ervin Taylor, who died in 1902. Roughly 200 burials had been documented by the mid-2000s.

Sources: redrivercountytx.org findagrave.com

📍 33.6469, -95.2673 · Red River County

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Nearby in Red River County

First Christian Church of Detroit