Rockport Cemetery (1988)

This cemetery has served the citizens of Rockport and Fulton for over a century. The oldest marked grave is that of Emma Fulton (d. 1876), granddaughter of George Ware Fulton, who was instrumental in the development of the area and was interred in the cemetery in 1893. A large number of burials took place here in 1918, the year of a devastating influenza epidemic. The cemetery contains the graves of veterans of the Texas Revolution, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The Rockport Cemetery Association maintains the historic graveyard. (1988)

Rockport Cemetery is a historical marker in Rockport, Aransas County, dedicated in 1988. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Aransas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 55 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.0445, -97.0370 near Rockport. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rockport Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Frandolig Island, Hagar, Connie, and Fulton Mansion.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5007004326. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.