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Founders Memorial Cemetery, also known as Founders Memorial Park, is the oldest cemetery in Houston, Texas, United States. Founded in 1836, it was originally known as "City Cemetery", and opened in conjunction with the founding of the City of Houston in what is now Fourth Ward near the edge of Downtown Houston .
The same year Glenwood acquired the adjacent Washington Cemetery, expanding its land area by 118 acres (48 ha). [6] Keith Rosen, a Houston area history professor quoted in the San Antonio Express-News, said that the cemetery is the "River Oaks of the dead." [7] In 2003 the Houston Press ranked it as the "Best Cemetery". [8]
This list of cemeteries in Texas includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Area: 34.8 acres (14.1 ha) Built: 1931: ... The Woodlawn Garden of Memories is a cemetery in Houston, Texas which is included in the National Register of Historic ...
One of the state's most famous cemeteries, Boothill Graveyard opened in 1878 and closed a short six years later. ... There are more than 10,000 bodies in the area — some outside today's cemetery ...
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Note that Houston National Cemetery is outside of the Houston city limits. Pages in category "Cemeteries in Houston" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
1. Gen. George Custer. West Point, New York The Civil War general most famous for his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn can be found in the West Point Cemetery alongside many other ...