Details for Rock Springs Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5367004321

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Marker Number 4321
Atlas Number 5367004321
Marker Title Rock Springs Cemetery
Index Entry Rock Springs Cemetery
Address 1390 McClendon Rd.
City Peaster
County Parker
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 607833
UTM Northing 3638577
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1985
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location From Peaster, take FM 920 .25 mile north, take McClendon Road west about 0.5 mile, take a right. Marker is at cemetery.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text This cemetery contains the graves of many of the pioneers of Rock Springs, a village that served as a social center for area farmers. Thirty-one graves are marked with native stones, while a few are identified with engraved headstones. The earliest marked identifiable grave, dated 1867, is that of Mary L. Sullivan. The last marked grave in the cemetery, that of Mary J. Robertson, bears the date 1882, the same year the town of Peaster (1 mile west) was established and Rock Springs began to decline. The cemetery is one of the few remnants of this early Parker County Community. (1985)

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