Rock Hill

Rock Hill Cem.Recorded: W00D05—Parsons; (location in Co. Hist., Vol. 4, p. 187: “from country store at intersection of Hwy69 and FM515, go west on FM515 for 1.4 miles and the road to Rock Hill is on the north side … turn north and the entrance to the cemetery is 0.2 mile from the turn. … In 1972 there were many yellow flowers in bloom … cemetery is unusual in number of graves for each individual family group. Earliest date 1867. Cemetery well-cared for by families … arrangements have been made for neat concrete markers to be placed at all the grave sites, replacing those whose headstones were only native rock. As the names and dates can be obtained information is placed on markers. Those in charge of the project are to be congratulated on the work completed to date.”) Cemetery Index. HbTx: “…. Sometime after 1959 nearby Lake Fork Creek was dammed to form Lake Fork Reservoir, the eastern bank of which comes within 2½ miles of the southern Rock Hill.. THC marker.”);- THC site visit MB 1/21/02, revisit MB 1/22/02: W of Coke on FM 515, just W of CR 1477, N side of road, long access drive. Large cem with apparent recent annex addition in back section, almost doubling existing cem. area. Large overhead cemetery entrance from FM 515, long drive to hilltop location. Arched entryway to actual burial area. Formal markers, WoW, diversity of markers over time, some fieldstones. Floral and decorative grave materials. Paved internal access roads. .Pavillion, maintained men’s and women’s outhouses on either side of parking areas. Large Oak trees near pavilion.. Surrounding area wooded, rural residential. GPS 32.55.40.47332N –95.27.27.86657W

Rock Hill is a cemetery in Wood County, Texas. It is one of 65 cemeteries documented in Wood County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.9276, -95.4580. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rock Hill Baptist Church (historical marker), about 2.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Little Indiana School, Pleasant Grove Memorial, and Pleasant Grove Schoolhouse.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7499003305. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.