Springer-Macedonia Cemetery
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N 30° 07.292 W 095° 49.696
15R E 227497 N 3335629
A marker by the Springer-Macedonia Cemetery 7 miles north of Hockley on Springer Cemetery Rd. in rural Waller County.
Waymark Code: WMNH3P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2015
Views: 3
Springer-Macedonia Cemetery is a small burial site located on Springer Cemetery Rd. in the northeastern edge of rural Waller County (about 7 miles of Hockley, which is itself located in Harris County). It was established in the 1870's and contains around 560 burial plots.
The cemetery's organization maintains its own
website listing current events as well as several related obituaries. The cemetery is associated with Macedonia United Methodist Church -- located about .6 miles south of here on Macedonia Rd. -- which also has a historical marker on its premises: (
visit link)
Marker Number: 8120
Marker Text:
The pioneer Springer family donated the original two acres of this graveyard and gave their name to the community in this area and to a school, also known as McPherson School. Later the cemetery was called Macedonia, for the nearby church founded in the 1890s. Burials probably predate the earliest marked grave, that of Oliver McPherson (d. 1871). Enlarged by additional gifts of land, the community burial ground contains about 300 known graves. The Macedonia Cemetery Association, incorporated in 1976, maintains the site.
(1978)
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Incise: Waller County Historical Commission
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