Newlin Cemetery
N 34° 36.254 W 100° 26.722
14S E 367471 N 3830105
Historic Texas Cemetery Medallion and Plate inside Newlin Cemetery, about all that remains of Newlin, which today is somewhere between a ghost town and a rural community. Located north of town along Hall County Road 29.
Waymark Code: WMT84P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2016
Views: 2
These red dirt roads are unimproved, and will give you plenty of trouble if they're wet. You've been warned.
While the official marker is just the medallion and plate, there is a complementary sign here that provides some background:
Newlin Cemetery
A Texas Historical Cemetery
Settlement of this area of Hall County began in the late 1880's. The town of Newlin was founded as a station on the Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad about 1887. The first marked graves are Earnest Nelson (1888-1891), Robert Grundy (1894-1894), and Albert Wimbley (1883-1898). At least 20 veterans of the Civil War, World War I & II, and the Korean War are interred here. "Uncle Tom and Aunt Mary" Willis, grandparents of renowned Western Swing fiddler Bob Wills, were buried here in 1920 and 1936. Newlin Cemetery contains over 300 marked graves that includes most of the Newlin pioneers.
Marker Number: 17574
Marker Text:
Newlin Cemetery
Established 1904
Historic Texas Cemetery – 2009
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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