Snook Cemetery
2 mi. S of SH 60 on FM 2155, Snook, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1885
EST. 1885
1880
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Snook Cemetery.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Snook Cemetery
Czech immigrants who settled the area in the 1880s established this cemetery in a settlement called Sebesta's Corners, later renamed Snook after postmaster John Snook. The first burial occurred in 1885, and the grounds were formally set aside in 1899. Originally serving Czech families, the cemetery later opened to German settlers and holds Civil War veterans.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Snook Cemetery
Immigrants from Czechosovakia settled in this area in the 1880s. The community was originally known as Sebesta or Sebesta's Corners, after one of the early families. In the 1890s, residents renamed the settlement Snook in honor of John Snook, the postmaster in Caldwell. By that time, the community cemetery was already in existence. The burial ground is sited on a swath of sandy ground, more suited to the early manual labor of gravedigging than the surrounding Blackland clay. The first burial was that of Vlasta Pitner, who died in 1885. Formally set aside through an 1899 land purchase, the property has been maintained and operated by a cemetery association since the early 1900s. Although the cemetery was originally established for people of Czech descent, as Germans and other immigrants began moving to the area it became available for use by those nationalities as well. Today, Snook Cemetery is the final resting place for veterans of American conflicts dating to the Civil War, as well as a link to generations of area settlers and the area's early Czech community. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2003 Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5051013234
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