Machu Cemetery

MACHU CEMETERY PAVEL AND ROZINA (TRLICA) MACHU SETTLED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN 1878 AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. THE CEMETERY BEGAN IN 1883 WHEN MACHU HELPED A WOMAN BURY HER HUSBAND WHO DIED DURING THEIR JOURNEY. MACHU OFFERED TO BURY HIM ON A TWO-ACRE SECTION OF THE MACHU FARM LOCATED ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANGER. THE FIRST RECORDED BURIAL WAS THAT OF KATARINA SAFARIK IN 1892. BURIALS INCLUDE DESCENDANTS OF PAVEL AND ROZINA, VETERANS AND OTHER CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE CEMETERY WAS RELOCATED TO THIS SITE IN 1976 BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LANEPORT DAM. MEMBERS OF THE MACHU FAMILY CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THIS HISTORIC CEMETERY. HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2011

Machu Cemetery is a historical marker in Granger, Williamson County, dedicated in 2012. It is one of 237 historical markers documented in Williamson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 430 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.7173, -97.4251 near Granger. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brethren (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Granger City, Holy Cross, and Granger High School.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017270. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.