Cemetery

Mount Hope

Texas · THC Atlas #7073006105

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About this site

Mount Hope is a cemetery in Texas, Texas. It is one of 31 cemeteries documented in Texas in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 67 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.7723, -95.2671. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lowes Chapel Cemetery (cemetery), about 11 miles away. Others within a short drive include Caddoan Mounds, Hardin, and Kilgore.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7073006105. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Mount Hope Cemetery lies just north of Wells in southern Cherokee County, on land that Texas Revolution veteran Joseph H. Bowman helped provide for a Methodist church and cemetery in 1875. Margaret 'Ruby' Hicks, buried in November 1875, was the first interment. Though the church later moved to Wells after the railroad arrived in 1886, the cemetery grew to hold more than 1,800 graves, including some 200 veterans and eight Confederate soldiers.

Sources: tshaonline.org hmdb.org

📍 31.7723, -95.2671 · Texas

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Lowes Chapel Cemetery