Details for Center Grove Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5449011171
Data
| Marker Number | 11171 |
| Atlas Number | 5449011171 |
| Marker Title | Center Grove Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Center Grove Cemetery |
| Address | CR 4340 |
| City | Cookville |
| County | Titus |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 327854 |
| UTM Northing | 3667163 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery |
| Marker Year | 1984 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Center Grove community, south of Cookville on CR 4340, north side of the road between FM 1000 and CR 4330 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | This cemetery was originally called the Yancey Cemetery because the first parcel of land was donated by David Yancey, Sr., in the mid-1860s. An orphaned infant, who was a member of the group that traveled with Yancey from Tennessee to Texas, was the first to be buried here. Many of the graves, including the first, are marked with only a rough stone. Veterans of the Civil War and both World Wars have been buried here. The name of the cemetery was changed in 1900 because the graveyard was located in the same area as the Center Grove Church of Christ. (1984) |