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

Routh Cemetery

Photographed by Morgan Petermann, February 2, 2023

1. Routh Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Brothers Jacob, George Washington, Joseph and Thomas Jefferson Routh, and their sister Elizabeth Routh Thomas, were cousins of the Vance Family which held the original land grant that encompassed this site. Jacob Routh (1818-1879), a Baptist minister, acquired the 440-acre J. V. Vance survey in 1851, and brought his mother and other relatives from Tennessee to Texas. The Routh family were instrumental in the establishment of the community surrounding their land. Routh family members helped to organize a school, church, and store in addition to the family cemetery.

Early Collin County settlers Nancy De Lozier Beverly (1806-1851) and seven year old William Klepper, along with an unknown child whose parents were camping nearby at the time of his death, were already buried on this site when Jacob Routh set aside one acre as a family burial ground. Jacob's mother, Elizabeth Mashman Routh (1788-1852), died soon after her arrival in Texas and was the first family member to be interred here.

Jacob Routh, his wife Lodemia Ann Campbell, and two unmarried daughters, Rose and Clara Routh, are buried several hundred yards north

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of the cemetery in a private plot. Of the approximately two hundred graves here, fewer than one hundred are marked. The last burial to occur here was that of Serefta Ellen Campbell Miller, who was born in 1836 and dies in 1922. The Routh Cemetery continues to serve as a record of the pioneers of north Texas.

Erected 1998 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 14532.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.

Location. 32° 59.492′ N, 96° 42.32′ W. Marker is in Richardson, Texas, in Collin County. It can be reached from the intersection of Routh Creek Parkway and North Glenville Drive, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in the middle of the Reserve at Spring Creek Apartment complex. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2710 Routh Creek Pkwy, Richardson TX 75082, 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,

Photographed by Morgan Petermann, February 2, 2023

2. Routh Cemetery Marker

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: L.A. Davis Cemetery (approx. 1½ miles away); a different marker also named L.A. Davis Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Welcome to Old City Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Plano Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Restoration of Old City Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Old City Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Tracks of Our Past and Future (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Texas Pool (approx. 1.7 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2023, by Morgan Petermann of Hurst, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,047 times since then and 117 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 13, 2023, by Morgan Petermann of Hurst, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.