​Chalk Mountain Cemetery

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Marker No: 800

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: ​32° 8.684′ N, 97° 53.724′ W

Location: 5124 County Road 2015, Glen Rose

Marker Text: ​The village of Chalk Mountain originated as a trading center before the Civil War. The earliest burial at Chalk Mountain Cemetery, the only burial ground to have served this community, is that of Abigal Davis (d. 1874), but the presence of unmarked burials indicates possible earlier use. Confederate veteran Hiram Berry Rogers (1840-1929) deeded the cemetery to the county in 1915. Over 350 graves, including those of Rogers and veterans of the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean War, are interred here. It has been maintained by a cemetery association since 1959. (1991)