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 Stroud Creek Cemetery
N 32° 25.601 W 097° 55.943
14S E 600375 N 3588234
Texas Historical Marker at Stroud Creek Cemetery, 2800 Stroud Creek Ct, north of Tolar, providing some background and history of the now-vanished Stroud Creek community, and its cemetery's continued use today.
Waymark Code: WMZKW8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2018
Views: 3
Marker Number: 16793
Marker Text:
The Stroud Creek community developed in the late 1870s and early 1880s due to post-Civil War migration, land grants, a nearby stagecoach line, and cessation of area raids by Native Americans. Stroud Creek settlers began to use this property, located on the Elizabeth Windsor survey and owned by Benjamin Irby, for burials in 1883, and it was later used by residents of Tolar. The interred include community and religious leaders, merchants, educators, farmers, and military veterans. The cemetery features curbing, fraternal markers, and vertical stones. Today, Stroud Creek Cemetery continues to be used and remains a testament to the pioneering men and women of western Hood County.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2010
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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