Cemetery

Potosi

Taylor County · THC Atlas #7441001805

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About this site

Potosi is a cemetery in Taylor County, Texas. It is one of 18 cemeteries documented in Taylor County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 126 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.3363, -99.6580. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Exploratory Oil Well in Taylor County (historical marker), about 3.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Old Colony, Fletcher Ranch, and Abilene State Hospital.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7441001805. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Potosi Cemetery serves the rural community of Potosi, southeast of Abilene in Taylor County, and is cared for by the Potosi Cemetery Association. It contains roughly 1,900 marked graves and reflects the area's settlement by farming and ranching families. Among its recorded burials is a young girl who died on a wagon train passing through the area.

Sources: texasgravestones.org cemeteries-of-tx.com

📍 32.3363, -99.6580 · Taylor County

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Nearby in Taylor County

Historical Marker

First Exploratory Oil Well in Taylor County

Abilene State Hospital

Dillingham, O. D. and Ada, House

Abilene · 1992