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PALACIOS CEMETERY
THE PRIMARY BURIAL GROUND FOR CITIZENS OF
PALACIOS, THIS CEMETERY DATES TO THE
BEGINNINGS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE DEATH OF
ALICE SINGER IN 1905, THREE YEARS AFTER THE
FOUNDING OF PALACIOS, GAVE RISE TO THE NEED
FOR A COMMUNITY CEMETERY.
THE LAND, WHICH WAS ONCE A PART OF THE
ESTATE OF TEXAS CATTLE BARON A. H.
“SHANGHAI” PIERCE, WAS DONATED TO THE CITY
FOR USE AS A CEMETERY BY THE TEXAS RICE
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND THE PALACIOS
TOWNSITE COMPANY. THE PLOT WAS SURVEYED IN
1907, AND ADDITIONAL LAND WAS ACQUIRED IN
1918 AND 1983.
LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE,
THE CEMETERY’S GRAVE SITES ARE MARKED WITH A
VARIETY OF MONUMENTS, FROM SIMPLE WOODEN
CROSSES AND CARVED ANGELS TO LARGE GRANITE
STONES. A LARGE MONUMENT TO HONOR U. S.
MILITARY VETERANS WAS ERECTED IN 1963 BY
LOCAL POSTS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. SOLDIERS AND
VETERANS OF SIX WARS ARE BURIED HERE- -THE
CIVIL WAR, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, WORLD WAR
I, WORLD WAR II,
KOREA,
AND
VIETNAM.
ADDITIONALLY STONES MARKING THE GRAVES OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, A NUMBER OF WHO SETTLED
IN PALACIOS AND OTHER TEXAS COASTAL TOWNS
AFTER 1975, CAN BE SEEN HERE.
TEXAS SESQUICENTENNIAL
1936-1986
Marker
inscription typed by Faye Cunningham.
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