Cuero in DeWitt County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Hillside Cemetery
The new community of Cuero was surveyed for the Cuero Land & Immigration Co. in 1873. That same year, the city incorporated, and the GWT&P Railroad extended its track to it from Indianola. The land company conveyed 12 acres at this site for use as a municipal burial ground in 1875. By 1880, local women formed a cemetery association to maintain burial plots. They raised funds and collected dues to employ a groundskeeper to make cemetery improvements. The site grew to include additional acreage and the once segregated African American cemetery, Evergreen. The Ladies' Cemetery Association turned over its duties to the city in 1972, but an endowment established in 1919 continues to generate funds for cemetery projects.
Today, Hillside Cemetery is the final resting place for generations of area residents. In addition to pioneer settlers, artists, writers, educators and civic leaders, those buried here include elected officials and military veterans of conflicts dating to the Mexican War. Large monuments are reminders of the victims and survivors of the Indianola storms of 1875 and 1886.
Erected 2004 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13265.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.
Location. 29° 5.7′ N, 97° 16.839′ W. Marker is in Cuero, Texas, in DeWitt County. Marker is on East Prairie Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 616 E Prairie St, Cuero TX 77954, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Charles Goodwin Breeden (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Judge Henry Clay Pleasants (about 700 feet away); Thomas M. Stell (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Bates-Sheppard House (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Presbyterian Church of Cuero (approx. half a mile away); James Norman Smith (approx. half a mile away); Cuero (approx. half a mile away); Alexander and Annie Hamilton House (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cuero.
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