Cemetery

St Joseph

Walker County · THC Atlas #7471004705

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About this site

St Joseph 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 30.5582, -95.4707. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cunningham, Minnie Fisher (historical marker), about 1.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Longstreet, Elijah Collard, and East Sandy Community.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7471004705. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

St. Joseph Cemetery—also known as the Elmina or St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery—is tied to the Polish Catholic community that settled around New Waverly in the 1870s under the Waverly Emigration Society, which recruited European farmers to the area. Father Felix Orzechowski organized New Waverly's St. Joseph's parish, the first Catholic church in Walker County, in 1869, and the associated burial ground on land later donated by Catherine Ripkowski became the resting place for the district's Polish families.

Sources: polish-texans.com easttexashistory.org

📍 30.5582, -95.4707 · Walker County

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Nearby in Walker County

Historical Marker

Cunningham, Minnie Fisher

Black Jack Methodist Church

Boswell Baptist Church

New Waverly · 1981