Sturdivant Community
​and Cemetery

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Marker No: 14267

18 x 28 Aluminum Subject Marker 

Geographic: ​ 32.76572, -98.07166

Location: ​1 Dogwood Drive, Mineral Wells

Marker Text: Lured by the abundance of  available land. Thomas Young Sturdivant (1823-1888) came to Texas in 1876 with his wife Caroline (1835-1910), and their children. After purchasing 320 acres in this part of Palo Pinto County. They cleared the land for farming and established a home here. The settlement that grew up around their homestead was named the Sturdivant community. The family deeded land for a public school and helped establish the Sturdivant Church of Christ. This cemetery is the burial place for Sturdivant, members of his family, and many other pioneer settlers. (1985)