Near Timpson in Shelby County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Buena Vista Cemetery

Photographed by James Hulse, March 15, 2025

1. Buena Vista Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This cemetery serves the Buena Vista community, which organized in 1848. Joseph Penn Burns, a native of South Carolina, donated land for the burial ground. The earliest marked grave dates to 1851, though it is believed there is at least one earlier burial, that of Burns' wife, Mary Elizabeth (Richards) (d. 1843). Several prominent businessmen from the settlement's early years are also interred here, as are veterans from conflicts dating to the War of 1812. The Buena Vista Cemetery Association Perpetual Care Fund formed in 1986 to maintain the burial ground. Though the town declined in the 1880s when a nearby rail line established Timpson, the cemetery remains a landmark of the Buena Vista community. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2006

Erected 2007 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 14046.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.

Location. 31° 53.617′ N, 94° 20.502′ W. Marker is near Timpson, Texas, in Shelby County. It is on Farm to Market Road 1645 south of County Road 2026, on the right when traveling south.

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The marker is located at the street entrance to the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2008 FM1645, Tenaha TX 75974, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

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: George Washington Green (approx. 2.3 miles away); In Memory of Our Boys (approx. 3.4 miles away); a different marker also named In Memory of Our Boys (approx. 3.4 miles away); Timpson (approx. 3.4 miles away); First Baptist Church of Timpson (approx. 3.6 miles away); Tennessee Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.6 miles away); Tennessee Community Cemetery (approx. 4.6 miles away); Tennessee Methodist Church (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map

The entrance to the Buena Vista Cemetery and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 15, 2025

2. The entrance to the Buena Vista Cemetery and Marker

of all markers in Timpson.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 18, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 184 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 18, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.