Newburg, Texas, Comanche County. (original) (raw)

Newburg Cemetery Historical Marker
31.7703510, -98.5207480
Photo Courtesy Heidi Minick

Historical Marker: From Comanche, take Hwy16 S about 10 miles, then go about .4 miles E on FM 1476.

Newburg Cemetery

Pioneer settlers of this area of Comanche County arrived in the mid-1850s and established a town named for the nearby South Leon River. P.W. Brewer set aside land for a cemetery and church in 1872. Although earlier unmarked burials exist here, the oldest documented grave is that of Rosie E. McCurdy, who died in 1875. After the town name was changed to Newburg in the 1880s, the cemetery also was renamed. Local pioneers and veterans of conflicts dating back to the Mexican War are buried here. A cemetery association maintains the historic graveyard.
(1994)

Newburg, Texas Forum

Subject: Town Newburg & Newburg Cemetery

I love your site! I just wanted to suggest an addition - Newburg Cemetery, located in Comanche County. There was also a town of Newburg (it's on one of your vintage maps, below Energy, Texas). My Great Great Grandparents, William and Rebecca Jeter, are buried there. I've attached a picture. The GPS coordinates show to be GPS Coordinates: 31.7703510, -98.5207480. Thanks so much! Heidi Jeter Minick, San Antonio, TX, February 1, 2020

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