| Marker Number |
2621 |
| Atlas Number |
5215002621 |
| Marker Title |
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Mercedes |
| County |
Hidalgo |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
607238 |
| UTM Northing |
2893458 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; Lutheran denomination; Spanish immigrants/immigration; Russian immigrants/immigration; Norweigan settlement; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year |
1988 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
W. end Anacultas Street, Mercedes |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
This cemetery was established in 1913 on land give by the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company to Immanuel Lutheran Church. The cemetery has served Lutherans throughout the Rio Grande Valley. The oldest grave is that of Wilhelm Schumacher, who died in 1911 and was reinterred here from his family farm when the cemetery was established. Gravestones bear the names of many German, Norwegian, Finnish, and Russian settlers who immigrated to this area from the U.S. Midwest, as well as Hispanic names. (1988) |
