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 Salt Creek Cemetery
N 33° 07.343 W 098° 15.962
14S E 568470 N 3665093
Texas Historical Marker noting the origins of the Salt Creek Cemetery, aka Dark Corner Cemetery, and its service to the Salt Creek community.
Waymark Code: WMP3PC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2015
Views: 1
Marker Number: 16730
Marker Text:
James N. Jonas (1849-1932) and his wife, Caroline (Atteberry) (1850-1932), settled in the Salt Creek community around 1876. Two years later, a family traveling by wagon camped near the Jonas family land. When the family’s child died, the Jonases offered a burial place on their land. They later conveyed acreage for a community cemetery, also known as Dark Corner Cemetery. The historic Salt Creek schoolhouse stands east of the cemetery and is used by the Salt Creek-Dark Corner Cemetery Association, which holds an annual workday. Among the nearly 200 burials are veterans from the U.S. – Mexico War to the Korean conflict. The rural cemetery still serves as a burial ground for family members of some of the earliest settlers of Salt Creek.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2010
Marker is Property of State of Texas
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