Whitney in Hill County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Bethlehem Cemetery

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 31, 2025

1. Bethlehem Cemetery Marker

Inscription. In 1879, a group of farmers and businessmen established a new community, Baptist church and cemetery near the new town of Whitney. The Bethlehem community attracted nearby families who moved to be closer to the Houston & Texas Central Railway line. The first burial in the cemetery was Newt Williams, a recent transfer from Towash Baptist Church, in 1880. For generations, families from Whitney and the surrounding are chose the Bethlehem Cemetery as their burial site or had loved ones reinterred here. When the church closed after 1919, the land was donated to the cemetery. Since 1900, members of the Bethlehem Cemetery Association have maintained this chronicle of Hill County history.

Erected 2020 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 22795.)

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

Location. 31° 58.279′ N, 97° 18.434′ W. Marker is in Whitney, Texas, in Hill County. It is on County Road 1245 0.1 miles south of County Road 1240. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 365 County Rd 1245, Whitney

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TX 76692, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

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,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Carver Homestead (approx. one mile away); Boesch House (approx. 1½ miles away); King Memorial United Methodist Church (approx. 1½ miles away); Whitney Messenger (approx. 1.7 miles away); Whitney (approx. 1.7 miles away); Whitney Memorial Park (approx. 2.1 miles away); Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); Fort Graham Cemetery (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Whitney.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 31, 2025

2. Bethlehem Cemetery Marker

Bethlehem Cemetery information sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 31, 2025

3. Bethlehem Cemetery information sign

Credits. This page was last revised on April 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 256 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 1, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.