Alum Creek Cemetery

In the 1820s, several families answered Stephen F. Austin's call to settle this part of Texas, then a part of Mexico. The Cottle, Highsmith, Grimes, Craft, Ridgeway, White and Parks families were among those who arrived in this area from Missouri in 1828. Three years later, Sarah (Turner) Cottle, whose husband had died during the journey to Texas, received title to her land, situated along Alum Creek. After her death in 1843, the property was divided among her heirs. In 1857, Newton and Mary (Cottle) Alsup deeded land to the Alum Creek community for a cemetery and a Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Other denominations held services in the building, which was also used for a community school. The first marked graves in the cemetery date to 1875, and a number of burials are marked by fieldstones. In 1950, community members formed an association. It continues to maintain the cemetery, which remains a link to the settlers who arrived in the years before Texas independence and to the generations that have since been a part of the Alum Creek community. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004

Alum Creek Cemetery is a historical marker in Bastrop, Bastrop County, dedicated in 2004. It is one of 103 historical markers documented in Bastrop County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0656, -97.2150 near Bastrop. The nearest cataloged historic site is Thompson - Morris - Adams Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include unknown (Kenney Bluffs area), Crafts Prairie Cemetery, and Claiborne Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5021013311. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.