Millwood near Lavon in Collin County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Millwood and Millwood Cemetery

Photographed by Gary Estep, January 13, 2026

1. Millwood and Millwood Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Named for a lumber mill established nearby about 1846, Millwood contained a post office, several businesses, and lumber, grist, and flour mills by the early 1850s. Although Willie O. Hunt's burial in 1864 is the first recorded here, local tradition claims this cemetery began in 1854 with the death of Nancy Bulloch, wife of James W. Bulloch, hero of the Battle of Nacogdoches. Early accounts refer to it as Nancy Bulloch Cemetery. The town prospered until the early 1900s. Millwood Cemetery, maintained by a local association, is all that remains of the former town of Millwood.

Erected 1994 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 6186.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 32° 59.644′ N, 96° 25.526′ W. Marker is near Lavon, Texas, in Collin County. It is in Millwood. It is on County Road 535 half a mile west of Farm to Market Road 2755. The marker is located 4.25 miles south and east of Lavon on FM 2755, then about 1/2 mile south and west on CR 535 to Cemetery. Touch for

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map. Marker is in this post office area: Lavon TX 75166, 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,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mount Zion Cemetery (approx. 2 miles away); Lavon School (approx. 2.3 miles away); Lavon (approx. 2.4 miles away); Mt. Pleasant Hill Cemetery (approx. 2.9 miles away); Abston Cemetery (approx. 3.7 miles away); Nevada (approx. 4.3 miles away); Nevada Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away); Welcome to the Nevada Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lavon.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, August 31, 2024

2. Millwood and Millwood Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, August 31, 2024

3. Millwood and Millwood Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 13, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 13, 2026, by Gary Estep of Anna, Texas. 2, 3. submitted on August 31, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.