Boontown Cemetery
Marker Text: This burial ground was established in the 1880s on property granted to Edward Thomas “Buck” Smith. The cemetery served the Boontown community, which Whitney Alston Boone founded around the Civil War; Boone is among those interred. The earliest marked graves date to 1887, though there may be earlier unmarked burials. Others buried here include early community pioneers and veterans of military conflicts. Southland Paper Mill deeded an acre of land to the property in 1963. Today, descendants of the deceased continue to care for the cemetery, which is the only remaining vestige of the historic Boontown settlement.(2008)
Marker No: 16036
Texas Historical Cemetery Marker
Geographic: 31.07190, -95.23330
Location: from Groveton, Texas, take State Highway 94 West seven and 1/2 miles to the Boontown Cemetery sign (start looking to the right after Westville Road sign or from Trinity, look for the Boontown Cemetery on the left sign about 1 mile from Friday Road. Turn on "Boontown Cemetery Road" for one and three-tenths miles to the cemetery, which is set back on the right side of the road. From Trinity, take State Highway 94 East approximately 13 miles to cemetery sign. Turn left on Friday Road for one and three-tenths miles to the cemetery.
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