Anchorage Cemetery

The family of William and Mary Allen Stiggins emigrated here from Prince Edward island, Canada, in 1882. Included in the group were their daughter Mary Jane (1855-1935), who had studied medicine, and her fiancé Thoams Whittet (1838-1913), a former sea captain. Whittet is credited with naming this place Anchorage, declaring that this spot would be where the former seafarer would drop anchor. Thomas and Mary Jane married in the early 1880s, and in 1896 they deeded land for a church and cemetery to serve the communities of Anchorage and Rossville (2 mi. NE). The oldest marked graves, for Mary Allen Stiggins and Annie Theresa Farran, both date to 1896. The Whittets’ general store served as the Anchorage Post Office from 1889 to 1935. Mary Jane practiced medicine throughout the area and delivered many babies, including all nine children in the J.M. Rogers family. George Bopp, Jr. (1924-1945), a World War II casualty, is buried here. A fram church stood until 1958, replaced by a cinder block building on the same site. By 1979, the congregation was inactive, and the property was deeded to the Anchorage Cemetery Association, which maintains this burial ground and chapel. Historic Texas Cemetery – 2005

Anchorage Cemetery is a historical marker in Poteet, Atascosa County, dedicated in 2005. It is one of 39 historical markers documented in Atascosa County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 126 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.0680, -98.7088 near Poteet. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brown Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Casias Reyes Mancha, New Ogden Cemetery, and Langston-Ross Memorial Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013595. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.