Near Celeste in Hunt County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Lane Cemetery

Photographed by James Hulse, July 28, 2025

1. Lane Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Robert W. Lane opened a general store near this site in 1866. The surrounding area prospered as more people settled and took up farming. In 1878 the U.S. Government approved a petition for a post office to officially put the Lane community on the map. In 1884, Thomas and Hettie Marshall deeded land for a Methodist Church, which later built a tabernacle for open-air summer revivals. A one-room school opened, replaced in 1910 by a two-story school building for eight grades. A Baptist church organized in 1905 but disbanded in 1930. Lane Gin Company served the cotton production needs of the community from 1912 until a 1932 fire. During its heyday, the dispersed agricultural settlement also included a second general store, barber shop, blacksmith and grist mill. The school merged with Celeste in 1949, and the Methodist Church disbanded in 1959.

Several burials had already taken place on this land before J.R. and Mat Methvin and J.R. and Mary Noland dedicated a community cemetery in Aug. 1882. The first burial following establishment of the cemetery was for Earl Clymer in Jul. 1883. There are nearly 200 documented burials, plus many unmarked graves. Granite, limestone and marble gravestones are prominent, and elm and hackberry trees surround the cemetery perimeter. Burials include military veterans from the Civil War to World War II. Jim Clymer, buried here, used wealth amassed in the 1849 California Gold Rush to buy much North Texas land. Today the nearby Clymer Meadow Preserve is one of the largest remnants of unplowed blackland prairie. The Lane Cemetery Association formed in 1983 to oversee the approximately six acre burial ground. Lane Cemetery remains the primary surviving resource of this historic rural community. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2010

Erected 2010 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1883.

Location. 33° 18.322′ N, 96° 15.819′ W. Marker is near Celeste, Texas, in Hunt County. It is on County Road 1133 0.1 miles north of Farm to Market Road 1562, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located at the front of the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5982 Co Rd 1133, Leonard TX 75452, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Headwaters of the Sabine River (approx. 3½

Lane Cemetery and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, July 28, 2025

2. Lane Cemetery and Marker

miles away); Birthplace of Mack Harrell (approx. 3.7 miles away); First Baptist Church of Celeste (approx. 4 miles away); Audie Murphy (approx. 4.3 miles away); Leonard (approx. 5.2 miles away); Frognot Community (approx. 5.3 miles away); John Cadwallader Neale (approx. 5.4 miles away); Dr. William Chamberlayne Jones (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Celeste.

The view of the Lane Cemetery and Marker from the street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, July 28, 2025

3. The view of the Lane Cemetery and Marker from the street

Credits. This page was last revised on July 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 119 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 29, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.