Details for Graham-Argyle Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5121002241

Data

Marker Number 2241
Atlas Number 5121002241
Marker Title Graham-Argyle Cemetery
Index Entry Graham-Argyle Cemetery
Address
City Argyle
County Denton
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 669496
UTM Northing 3665789
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1976
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location on County Club Road about 1/2 mile east of US 377, on North side of Road, 1/2 mile North of Argyle
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text This burial ground served the farming community of Graham which grew up here after the Civil War. First known interment was that of an infant, George Isbell, on December 10, 1865. An adjacent structure housed a school and Graham Baptist Church. After 1881, most of the settlers moved to the nearby town of Argyle on the Texas and Pacific Railroad. The school and church were moved in 1887 after their meeting place burned. In 1888 this property was deeded for cemetery use by C. N. Jarrell. In 1974 volunteers began restoration of the plot, which has about 238 marked graves. (1976)