Calhoun County

Old Town Cemetery

Historical Marker Text

Located on the elevated ridge at Indianola Beach, this cemetery is one of three that served the port of Indianola during the 19th century. The oldest existing grave marker, that of James Chilton Allan, bears a date of 1851. Also buried here are some of Calhoun County's earliest settlers, who came in the first wave of German immigration to Texas in the 1840s. Many of the original tombstones, including that of Angelina Eberly (d. 1860), heroine of the Texas Archives War, have disappeared over time because of storms and vandalism. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.

1986

location: from Port Lavaca, take FM 238 south/southwest about 3 mi then follow FM 316 S about 8.5 mi, go north 1 mi on County Road to Old Town Cemetery