Details for Ozro Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5139007136

Data

Marker Number 7136
Atlas Number 5139007136
Marker Title Ozro Cemetery
Index Entry Ozro Cemetery
Address
City Maypearl
County Ellis
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 683055
UTM Northing 3579297
Subject Codes cemetery; ghost towns
Marker Year 1978
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Intersection of Orzo Rd. and Smith Rd. 1 mi. off FM 157, 3 mi. N of Maypearl
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text In 1858 J.P. Gilmore and Richard D. Graves gave land for Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, south, and for this burial ground. The earliest marked graves date from 1870. J.H.L. Jackson donated additional land in 1895. At that time, the cemetery served Nation Town, a thriving community with several stores and a school. The village was renamed Ozro in 1898, when that post office opened. After the International & Great Northern Railroad reached this area in 1902, many residents moved to Maypearl, and Ozro declined. Today the cemetery is the only remnant of its past.

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