Divide Cemetery
Historical Marker Text
In 1896 the Smith and Chapman families donated
4 acres here for a cemetery and church lot. A sanctuary for all faiths
was built on the site the same year to serve the scattered ranches along
the divide between the watersheds of the Colorado and North Concho
Rivers. First to be buried here was Mrs. H.A. (Callie) Chapman
(1870-97). The cemetery contains about 100 graves, including those of
the earliest settlers of this area of Coke County and veterans of World
Wars I and II and Korea. This cemetery is still used by descendants of
many pioneers.
1973
location: 15 miles south/southwest on FM 2034,
then 1 mile west on Walnut Rd. |
