Details for Benton City Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5013000373

Data

Marker Number 373
Atlas Number 5013000373
Marker Title Benton City Cemetery
Index Entry Benton City Cemetery
Address
City Lytle
County Atascosa
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 521284
UTM Northing 3230914
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1970
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location From Lytle, take FM 3175 about 1.9 miles southeast to Cemetery.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Benton City Cemetery (Established 1870). First public cemetery in this community, which was famous in early days for its outstanding school, aggressive businesses, and newspaper, the Benton City "Era." Site was given by James M. Jones, farmer-livestock raiser and leading citizen, whose rock house stood nearby. Jones and family moved here in 1869, when Atascosa County (with Amphion the county seat) was a frontier region of south Texas. Interred here are pioneers and veterans of Indian warfare, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and other conflicts.