Rio Vista in Johnson County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Grange Hall Cemetery

Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2022

1. Grange Hall Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Nolands River was an early Johnson County community, established in the late 1850s. A local club of the Grange, a farmers' fraternal organization, organized here in 1874, and built a two story meeting hall called "Grange Hall" that also housed a local school, church and masonic lodge. In 1878, W.P. and S.M. Kizziar donated land to the Masonic lodge for use as a cemetery. Of the hundreds of marked graves in Grange Hall Cemetery, more than half date from before 1900. Several early unknown burials are marked by rocks or Bois D'Arc posts. The Menefee family reunion has been held here or nearby annually since 1891. Grange Hall declined after the nearby railroad town of Rio Vista was established in the 1880s.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2006

Erected 2006 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 15455.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1874.

Location. 32° 13.669′ N, 97° 23.962′ W. Marker is in Rio Vista, Texas, in Johnson County. It can be reached from County Highway 1208 0.2 miles south of Farm to Market Road 916. The marker is located down the cemetery road at the entrance to the Grange Hall Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rio Vista TX 76093, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Menefee Reunion

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(approx. 1.3 miles away); Henry Briden Cabin (approx. 1.3 miles away); Early Cattle Trade (approx. 1.3 miles away); Rio Vista (approx. 1.3 miles away); Erected in Memory of Phillip Nolan (approx. 3½ miles away); Guy Bailey (approx. 5.9 miles away); Blum Cemetery (approx. 6.2 miles away); First United Methodist Church, Cleburne (approx. 7.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rio Vista.

Also see . . . Noland's River, TX. Texas State Historical Association - Handbook of Texas (Submitted on March 27, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

The Grange Hall Cemetery and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2022

2. The Grange Hall Cemetery and Marker

The entrance to the Grange Hall Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2022

3. The entrance to the Grange Hall Cemetery

The view of Grange Hall Cemetery from the cemetery road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2022

4. The view of Grange Hall Cemetery from the cemetery road

Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 708 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 27, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.