Near Emory in Rains County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Dougherty Community Cemetery

Photographed by James Hulse, July 28, 2025

1. Dougherty Community Cemetery Marker

Inscription. James W. Dougherty and his wife Isabella brought their family to Texas from Kentucky in the late 1840s. Joining the colony of Charles Fenton Mercer, they settled in this area. In 1851 they bought 640 acres here, where Dougherty was a farmer and a tanner. In 1877 their son Robert N. Dougherty donated one acre at this site for public use as a community burial ground. Two additional tracts of land, deeded to the cemetery association in 1935 and 1964, were acquired from A.V. and Della Terry.

Erected 1980 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 10856.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.

Location. 32° 56.349′ N, 95° 46.173′ W. Marker is near Emory, Texas, in Rains County. It is on County Road 4320 0.1 miles east of Farm to Market Road 275, on the right when traveling east. The marker is located along the fence of the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 180 Rs County Rd 4320, Emory TX 75440, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American 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,

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: Dougherty Community Homeplace (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); County Line School (approx. 2.7 miles away); Ambrose Fitzgerald (approx. 4.1 miles away); Emory Rains (approx. 4.2 miles away); Rains County (approx. 4.4 miles away); Emory United Methodist Church (approx. 4.4 miles away);

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Near Offices of "Rains County Leader" (approx. 4½ miles away); a different marker also named Rains County (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Emory.

The view of the Dougherty Community Cemetery and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, July 28, 2025

2. The view of the Dougherty Community Cemetery and Marker

The entrance to the Dougherty Community Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, July 28, 2025

3. The entrance to the Dougherty Community Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 109 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 30, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.