Detailed Cemetery Information


CEMETERY NAME: Cedron

ADDITIONAL/ALTERNATE NAMES:

BCHC CEMETERY ID NUMBER: 15

THC CEMETERY NUMBER: BQ-C034

THC ATLAS NUMBER: 7035003405

HISTORICAL DESIGNATION: Texas Historical Marker (1990)

NEAREST CITY OR COMMUNITY: Cedar Shores

USGS 7-1/2 MINUTE QUAD MAP: Allen Bend (3197-433)

LATITUDE: 31.95437475

LONGITUDE: -97.46422719

SURVEY NAME AND ABSTRACT NUMBER: Sarah Hensley/A-5
 
MAP LOCATION (centroid of cemetery): click here to show on Google Maps

Map Note: The location shown with the red marker on Google Maps will be the location of either the centroid of the cemetery if the exact location is known or the general vicinity if the exact location is not known. Google Maps may also place its own marker on the map (usually in green) but it is not necessarily reliable.

BCHC DIRECTIONS:

1) From the intersection of FM 56 and CR 1523 near Cedar Shores, proceed north 1.2 miles on FM 56 to CR 1135. Turn left onto CR 1135 (0.5 miles after crossing Cedron Creek). Proceed 0.25 miles to a private road on the left. Turn left and onto the private road. Proceed 400 feet, and the cemetery will be on the right side of the private road.

2) From the intersection of FM 56 and FM 927 in Lakeside Village, proceed south 5.1 miles on FM 56 past FM 1713 to CR 1135. Turn right onto CR 1135 (0.9 miles after passing FM 1713). Proceed 0.25 miles to a private road on the left. Turn left and onto the private road. Proceed 400 feet, and the cemetery will be on the right side of the private road.

THC DIRECTIONS:

Allen Bend close to Steiner; CR 1135 off of Hwy 56, a few miles from Hwy 22 east of Kopperl. Take Hwy 22 between Meridian and Whitney Dam, turn N. on FM 56 and go about 6 miles past the entrance of Cedar Shores and across Cedron Creek. Take a left off of SH 56 onto a gravel road (CR 1135) 0.5 miles after crossing Cedron Creek and go about 0.25 miles The cemetery is on the left side in a pasture.

BCHC 1985 CEMETERY BOOK: Vol. I, pg. 157

Note: The two-volume Bosque County Cemetery Records listed all known cemeteries and all persons buried in these cemeteries at the time of publication. The information included dates from the gravestones and, in some cases, the inscriptions from the gravestones. Although these volumes are now out-of-print, they are available for reference at the Bosque County Collection, and the information contained in these volumes has been converted to an online database searchable by name.

NUMBER OF GRAVES: 156   click here to list burials

\nLINK TO TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION ATLAS DETAILS: THC Atlas Web Page

LINK TO FIND-A-GRAVE ENTRY: Find-A-Grave Web Page

NOTES: This cemetery was surveyed by the BCHC in 1974. The cemetery is fenced and on private property. At the time of the survey, there was a sign on the cemetery which said "posted". In 1974, visitors to the cemetery were welcome, but that may not be the case today.


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