Marker Inscription
Tradition holds that a family passing through the area in 1912 buried a child, Maria de la Luz, at this site. In August of that year, A. Donley, A.C. Rodriguez and S. Galvan bought the land for use as a Mexican cemetery. In the 1940s, a fire set to eliminate tall grass at the site burned many of the wooden markers and crosses denoting gravesites. Additional markers were lost during adjacent development in the 1970s, and the city of Austin eventually grew around the once rural property. Today, the burial ground is a link to the history of the area's Hispanic community and to those buried here. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004
About this site
Cementerio Mexicano de Maria de la Luz is a historical marker in Austin, Travis County, dedicated in 2004. It is one of 336 historical markers documented in Travis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 641 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1865, -97.7796 near Austin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Boggy Creek Masonic Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Onion Creek Lodge 220, AF & AM, Chote, and Sebron G. Sneed Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5453013210. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
