Details for Center City Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5333006034
Data
| Marker Number | 6034 |
| Atlas Number | 5333006034 |
| Marker Title | Center City Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Center City Cemetery |
| Address | US 84 |
| City | Star |
| County | Mills |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 555872 |
| UTM Northing | 3481805 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery; communities |
| Marker Year | 1993 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Center City community, S side US 84 110 feet W of CR 332. Cemetery is about 0.5 mi. SW. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | (One half-mile southwest) The Center City Cemetery began with the burials in 1874 of Julia M. Bishop and M.E. Hughes, the adult and infant daughters of W.C. and Caroline Hughes, early settlers of this area. Judge L.E. Patterson purchased 2.5 acres containing the Hughes burials in 1905 for use as a community graveyard. Concern for its upkeep prompted the establishment of a cemetery committee in 1951. A $1000 gift to the cemetery in J.M. Dalton's will in 1967 helped establish a maintenance fund. The more than 500 burials recorded here include those of many of this area's earliest settlers. (1993) |