Oak Cliff Cemetery - Oak Cliff, TX, US
N 32° 44.897 W 096° 48.273
14S E 705691 N 3625514
The Cemetery is located at 1300 East 8th Street in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, across the street from Townview High School.
Waymark Code: WMTPDQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2016
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The Oak Cliff Cemetery is generally considered the oldest public cemetery in Dallas County, dating back to the 1830s when William Beaty settled here in a vast wilderness with the Trinity River only a short distance away. Today, the Cemetery sits is the shadow of the downtown Dallas skyline. The oldest marked grave is that of the infant Martha Wright, who died on July 16, 1844.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Oak Cliff, Texas / United States
Approximate number of graves: 4,187
Cemetery Status: Inactive Maintained
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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