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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]
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 .
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.
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.
Der Stadt Friedhof, Fredericksburg – pioneer cemetery; Founders Memorial Cemetery, Houston – oldest cemetery in Houston; Jackson Ranch Church Cemetery and Eli Jackson Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas [7] Olivewood Cemetery, Houston – the city's earliest African-American cemetery, founded around 1870; Texas State Cemetery, Austin
There are more than 10,000 bodies in the area — some outside today's cemetery walls — but fewer than 1,000 tombstones. Related: The Most Terrifying Places in America Ann S./Yelp
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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 ...