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 Atwell Cemetery
N 32° 15.445 W 099° 07.973
14S E 487483 N 3568975
Texas Historical Marker at the Atwell Cemetery, one of the remnants of the town of Atwell in Callahan County, providing some background on both the community as well as the cemetery itself, which dates to 1917.
Waymark Code: WM108K4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2019
Views: 4
Marker Number: 14336
Marker Text:
Before Callahan County organized, settlers built homes in this area. Many more families came after the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railroad in 1880. A town was officially named in 1898 to honor U.S. District Attorney William Hawley Atwell. For decades, residents used cemeteries at Cottonwood, Sabanno, Scranton and Zion Hill. Gideon and Frances Howell deeded land for a community burial ground to Atwell's Baptist, Christian and Methodist churches in 1917. Several military headstones are here, including two young men killed in France during World War I. The community had stores, a cotton gin, a school and churches at its peak, but declined after World War II. The Atwell Cemetery Association formed in 1970 to maintain the burial ground.
Historic Texas Cemetery – 2007
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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