Details for Lake Grove Community
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5185008596
Data
| Marker Number | 8596 |
| Atlas Number | 5185008596 |
| Marker Title | Lake Grove Community |
| Index Entry | Lake Grove Community |
| Address | |
| City | Iola |
| County | Grimes |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 782484 |
| UTM Northing | 3400280 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery; cities and towns; educational topics |
| Marker Year | 1992 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from Iola take FM 244 south approx. 4 miles to CR 162; then east on CR 162 approx. 2 miles to CR 128; then south on CR 128 approx. 4 miles to Lake Grove Cemetery (marker is at cemetery entrance). |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Grimes County law partners Ben Goodrich and H. H. Boone (Texas Attorney General 1876-78), donated four acres of land at this location to trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1874 for church, school, and cemetery use by the surrounding loosely-knit farm community of Lake Grove. The community promptly built a church structure that they used for religious and school purposes. 100 students attended the Lake Grove School in 1900. The still active Lake Grove Cemetery, with gravestones dating to 1874, contains the grave of a veteran of the American Civil War. |