Cemetery

St. Andrews Catholic Church

Hillje · Wharton County · THC Atlas #7481000505

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About this site

St. Andrews Catholic Church is a cemetery in Hillje, Wharton County. It is one of 62 cemeteries documented in Wharton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 138 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.1482, -96.3469 near Hillje. The nearest cataloged historic site is El Campo (cemetery), about 4.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Payne, Swedish Lutheran, and Louise Community Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7481000505. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

St. Andrew Catholic Cemetery adjoins St. Andrew Catholic Church at Hillje, a western Wharton County community at the junction of U.S. 59 and FM 441 about eighteen miles west of Wharton. The parish and its burial ground served the Czech and German Catholic families who settled the area, many of whom came by way of Weimar. The active parish is today part of the Diocese of Victoria, and the cemetery holds more than 700 graves.

Sources: atlas.thc.texas.gov en.wikipedia.org

📍 29.1482, -96.3469 · Hillje, Wharton County

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