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Historical Markers in Kemp, Texas

 
Clickable Map of Kaufman County, Texas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Kaufman County, TX (93) Dallas County, TX (392) Ellis County, TX (111) Henderson County, TX (38) Hunt County, TX (66) Rockwall County, TX (15) Van Zandt County, TX (62)  KaufmanCounty(93) Kaufman County (93)  DallasCounty(392) Dallas County (392)  EllisCounty(111) Ellis County (111)  HendersonCounty(38) Henderson County (38)  HuntCounty(66) Hunt County (66)  RockwallCounty(15) Rockwall County (15)  VanZandtCounty(62) Van Zandt County (62)
Kaufman is the county seat for Kaufman County
Kemp is in Kaufman County
      Kaufman County (93)  
ADJACENT TO KAUFMAN COUNTY
      Dallas County (392)  
      Ellis County (111)  
      Henderson County (38)  
      Hunt County (66)  
      Rockwall County (15)  
      Van Zandt County (62)  
 
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1 Texas, Kaufman County, Kemp — 9419 — Baker Cemetery
Near County Road 4042, 0.3 miles east of County Road 4043, on the left when traveling east.
John Baker, his wife Eliza, and their family migrated to Texas from Illinois in 1835, settling on land granted to him. Baker Cemetery began as a family burial site with the death of their infant son William in 1848. Gradually this site became a . . . Map (db m95897) HM
2 Texas, Kaufman County, Kemp — 12818 — Kemp
On South Main Street south of West 9th Street, on the right when traveling south.
This community can trace its origins to 1851, when the U.S. Postal Service approved a station named Kemp with Levi Noble as first postmaster. In the years prior to the Civil War, Kemp was primarily an agricultural community, providing goods and . . . Map (db m95900) HM
3 Texas, Kaufman County, Kemp — 8532 — Lone Oak Cemetery
Near County Road 4027, 0.6 miles south of County Road 4028, on the left when traveling south.
In 1858 passing strangers lost a son by sudden death. Befriending them, Weaver A. Cotton (1822-96) provided gravesite at a tree near log school-church building. Later he gave community burial ground; deed was recorded 1883. Cotton and family and . . . Map (db m95901) HM
4 Texas, Kaufman County, Kemp — 8545 — Pyle Prairie Cemetery
Near Magnolia Mound (County Road 4059) 1.5 miles north of Farm to Market Road 148, on the left when traveling north.
John Pyle, a veteran of the Republic of Texas Army, arrived in this area with his family in the 1850s. According to family tradition, this cemetery was begun in 1854 with the death of Pyle's son-in-law J.P. McFarland. The community which grew up in . . . Map (db m95904) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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Apr. 19, 2024