Fentress in Caldwell County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Fentress Community Cemetery

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, February 15, 2026

1. Fentress Community Cemetery Marker

Inscription. French and Della Tiller and F.W. and Ethel Mercer deeded land for this public burial ground to the Fentress International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) lodge #598 in March 1915. Seven known graves predate the deed, from as early as 1888. Five of them are for young children of the Williamson and Gillis families. The two Gillis grave markers are memorials, as their graves are at an unknown location across the San Marcos River. Care of the cemetery transferred to the Luling I.O.O.F. lodge in 1947, Fentress Methodist and Presbyterian churches in 1952, and the Fentress Community Cemetery Association since 1993. The Fentress Community Cemetery is a significant chronicle of this rural Caldwell County settlement. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Erected 2001 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 17191.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1915.

Location. 29° 44.942′ N, 97° 45.734′ W. Marker is in Fentress, Texas, in Caldwell County. It is on Seneca Loop (County Road 277) 0.2 miles north of San Marcos

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Hwy (State Highway 80). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 244 Seneca Loop, Fentress TX 78622, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Hill Country

and in the Austin 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dr. James Fentress (approx. ¾ mile away); Burial Site of Rev. John McCullough (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fentress United Methodist Church (approx. one mile away); Prairie Lea United Methodist Church (approx. 1.4 miles away); Rafael Rios No. 1 (approx. 3 miles away); Staples African-American Freedmen Colony Association Cemetery (approx. 4.2 miles away); Camp Clark, C.S.A. (approx. 5.1 miles away); Humphreys Cemetery (approx. 6.8 miles away).

Fentress Community Cemetery and marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, February 15, 2026

2. Fentress Community Cemetery and marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 16, 2026, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 43 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 16, 2026, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.