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Matagorda in Matagorda County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Matagorda Cemetery

 
 
Matagorda Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By James Hulse, October 11, 2020
1. Matagorda Cemetery Marker
Inscription.

Intersection of Texas Highway 60
at Matagorda County Roads 259 & 260
Built in 1830

Listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.
 
Location. 28° 42.05′ N, 95° 57.367′ W. Marker is in Matagorda, Texas, in Matagorda County. Marker is on Matagorda Cemetery Road, 0.1 miles south of State Highway 60, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bay City TX 77414, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. First Burials in Matagorda Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1862 (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Matagorda Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); The Matagorda Incident (within shouting distance of this marker); Graves of Unknown Matagorda Settlers (within shouting distance of this marker); Albert Clinton Horton (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); S. Rhoads Fisher (about 300 feet away); Hannah Carr (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Matagorda.
 
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 Matagorda Texas. TexasEscapes.com (Submitted on October 25, 2020, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.) 
 
Matagorda Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By James Hulse, October 11, 2020
2. Matagorda Cemetery Marker
Matagorda Cemetery front gate image. Click for full size.
Photographed By James Hulse, October 11, 2020
3. Matagorda Cemetery front gate
The marker is on the right side of the gate.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2020, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 111 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 25, 2020, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.

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