About Fort Houston Cemetery
Fort Houston Cemetery is a cemetery near Palestine, Anderson County, Texas. It lies about 8.7 mi southeast of Palestine. The grounds sit at about 443 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357591. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jerusalem Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mc Coy Funeral Home in Palestine, about 8.5 mi away. It is one of 103 cemeteries we list in Anderson County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 103 listings in Anderson County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Palestine. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.87156, -95.70385
What Fort Houston Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Jerusalem CemeteryPalestine, TXCemetery1.1 mi
- Butler Family CemeteryPalestine, TXFamily cemetery2.0 mi
- Butler CemeteryPalestine, TXCemetery2.0 mi
- Calhoun CemeteryPalestine, TXCemetery2.1 mi
- Concord CemeteryPalestine, TXCemetery2.9 mi
- Providence CemeteryPalestine, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Foster CemeteryPalestine, TXCemetery3.7 mi
- Holly Spring CemeteryPalestine, TXCemetery3.7 mi
- Elmtown CemeteryPalestine, TXCemetery4.3 mi
- Land of MemoryPalestine, TXChristian cemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Fort Houston Cemetery
- Mc Coy Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Palestine · (903) 729-5212
- Bailey & Foster Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Palestine · (903) 729-2248
- Emanuel Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Palestine · (903) 729-3188
- Herrington Land of Memory Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Palestine · (903) 731-4444
- Anderson Chapel11 miFuneral home · Palestine
- Rhone Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Palestine · (903) 729-5001
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