Cemetery

Saint Mary's

Bayside · Refugio County · THC Atlas #7391000305

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About this site

Saint Mary's is a cemetery in Bayside, Refugio County. It is one of 12 cemeteries documented in Refugio County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 32 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.1166, -97.2055 near Bayside. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old St. Mary's Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Wood, John Howland, House, Copano, Site of the Town of, and Oakwood.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7391000305. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This St. Mary's cemetery is a surviving remnant of St. Mary's of Aransas, a port town founded on Copano Bay in 1850 that became a busy shipping point for hides, tallow, cattle, and cotton before it was ruined by late-19th-century storms. When developers laid out the nearby town of Bayside in 1908, they acquired and subdivided the abandoned St. Mary's townsite, annexing it in 1909 and 1910; the old cemetery and a few houses are among the few reminders of the vanished port.

Sources: tshaonline.org en.wikipedia.org

📍 28.1166, -97.2055 · Bayside, Refugio County

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Historical Marker

Old St. Mary's Cemetery

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