Springtown Cemetery
Springtown, Parker County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This cemetery first served the area's pioneer settlers. In use before the Civil War and before the founding of Springtown, it was included in land patented to Mary Leonard in 1859. The site was later conveyed to the Springtown Methodist Church, and the congregation worshiped in an adjacent log cabin for many years. The earliest legible gravestone is that of J.E. Arrington, who died in 1854. The original cemetery tract was enlarged in 1901 with a donation of land from local businessmen J.A. Kidd and A.J. Cunningham. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Before Springtown had a name and before the Civil War divided the nation, pioneers on the Parker County frontier were already burying their dead on this rise of ground. The oldest legible stone dates to 1854, and the tract was formally patented in 1859 before passing to the local Methodist congregation, who worshiped in a nearby log cabin. Gifts of land in 1901 enlarged the burying ground as the community grew around it.
Why it matters
Frontier cemeteries like this one anchor the story of North Texas settlement, marking where pioneer families put down roots that outlasted their lifetimes.
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