Oakwood Cemetery

Oakwood Cemetery (HM2557)

Location: Cisco, TX 76437 Eastland County
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N 32° 23.484', W 98° 59.448'

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Dolphin William Bint (1845-1883) came to the United States from England in 1876 and settled in Eastland County in the Red Gap community. While on a journey to Fort Worth to buy lumber for their home, his wife gave birth to a stillborn son. His burial under an oak tree in the family's pasture became the first in Oakwood Cemetery. The Bints relocated to Delmar (now Dothan) and their property was sold to the railway survey, a part of which was later donated to the cemetery in 1910. The first Cisco Cemetery Association was organized in 1899 to care for the cemetery. Shortly after receiving their charter in 1900, the members raised funds to enclose the grounds, erect gates, plant vegetation, and identify unmarked graves. In 1931, ten acres were added to the cemetery, and again in 1964 from the Cisco Independent School District. During the height of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a 2,517 ft. rock wall was erected on three sides of the cemetery.

     The general landscape of the cemetery is traditional with granite, limestone, marble, and sandstone grave markers with a prominent WPA rock archway at the southeast entrance. A variety of natural vegetation, including mulberry, oak, red buds, crape myrtle, cedar, pine trees, and ferns afford shade and beauty to this historic burial site. Oakwood Cemetery is home to over 7,000



graves. More than six hundred burials are veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The Cisco Cemetery Association organized in 1976 to establish a trust fund and provide care for the cemetery, while also serving the community of Cisco.

Historic Texas Cemetery - 2010
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HM NumberHM2557
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Year Placed2011
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 at 10:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 500865 N 3583820
Decimal Degrees32.39140000, -98.99080000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 23.484', W 98° 59.448'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 23' 29.04" N, 98° 59' 26.88" W
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Area Code(s)254, 325
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Front St, Cisco TX 76437, US
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