Ebony Grove Cemetery - Mercedes TX
Posted by: PeterNoG
N 26° 07.680 W 097° 54.314
14R E 609446 N 2890319
This Cemetery is on the south side of Jose M Cantu Road, 1300 feet west of Rio Rico Road (FM 491) just south of Mercedes in Hidalgo County, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMK5EE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2014
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The Texas Historical Commission (
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Ebony Grove Cemetery with an alternate name of
Mercedes Cemetery and say the burial dates are 1876 to present. It contains about 2000 graves.
The Texas Historical Marker here (
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Find-A-Grave (
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Ebony Grove Cemetery with an alternate name of
Los Ebanos-Mercedes Cemetery and they lists 2485 interments with photographs for 88% of those listed.