Near North Zulch in Madison County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Willowhole Cemetery

Photographed by James Hulse, April 25, 2024

1. Willowhole Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This community was settled in the 1850s and named for a nearby spring-fed hollow. The cemetery served as a community graveyard for the town, which until the early 1900s contained businesses schools, and churches. The first recorded burial here was that of Mary J. Burts in 1866. A cemetery association was founded in 1917 about the time annual July 4th picnics began. In 1977 a fund for perpetual maintenance was established among the more than 2600 people buried here are pioneers of the area and their descendants and veterans of conflicts, from the Civil War to Vietnam.

Erected 1994 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 11264.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1866.

Location. 30° 53.005′ N, 96° 5.721′ W. Marker is near North Zulch, Texas, in Madison County. It is on Old Farm to Market Road 1372 0.2 miles south of Olsen Road (County Road 418), on the left when traveling south. The marker is located at the front of the cemetery near the highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12912 Farm to Market Rd 1372, North Zulch TX 77872, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region.

It is also in the American South.

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,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rock Prairie Cemetery (approx. 4.2 miles away); Oxford Cemetery (approx. 4.6 miles away); Zion Cemetery (approx. 7.9 miles

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away); Katy Holland McDowell Treadwell Cobb (approx. 7.9 miles away); Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road (approx. 9.2 miles away); El Camino Real (approx. 9.9 miles away); Jozye Church and Cemetery (approx. 10.3 miles away); a different marker also named Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road (approx. 10.6 miles away).

The Willowhole Church and Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, April 25, 2024

2. The Willowhole Church and Cemetery Marker

The Willowhole Cemetery located behind the Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, April 25, 2024

3. The Willowhole Cemetery located behind the Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 472 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 27, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.