Cemetery

Falba Heaven's Rest

Walker County · THC Atlas #7471000605

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About this site

Falba Heaven's Rest is a cemetery in Walker County, Texas. It is one of 31 cemeteries documented in Walker County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 109 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.8801, -95.6703. The nearest cataloged historic site is Edinburg, Christopher C. (historical marker), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Falba, Calhoun, and Samuel Calhoun Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7471000605. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Heaven's Rest Cemetery lies in the former Walker County community of Falba, on FM 247 about fourteen miles north of Huntsville. Like the nearby Falba Cemetery, it is a surviving relic of the ghost town that developed around pioneer settler Chris Edinburgh's homestead.

Sources: txgenwebcounties.net tshaonline.org

📍 30.8801, -95.6703 · Walker County

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