Details for Chalk Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5471008435

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Marker Number 8435
Atlas Number 5471008435
Marker Title Chalk Cemetery
Index Entry Chalk Cemetery
Address Chalk Cemetery Rd
City Riverside
County Walker
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 263620
UTM Northing 3430170
Subject Codes cemetery; communities
Marker Year 2008
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location FM 980 W, FM 3478 N, FM 230 E 4.5 mi to Chalk Cemetery Rd, 1.1 mi. N to short driveway to cemetery. Replacement marker for 1988 marker.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Founded in the 1870s on land owned by Lacy Harrington, this cemetery takes its name from the geologic features of the area. The earliest documented burial is that of Civil War veteran Barney Carroll (1835-1880), although local oral tradition suggests the existence of older, unmarked graves. For more than 100 years, the cemetery has served the Kittrell community, which once boasted a post office, school, church, blacksmith shop, general store, cotton gin, and grist mill. A cemetery association, formed in 1971, maintains the historic graveyard. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2008

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