Old Town Cemetery

Located on the elevated ridge at Indianola Beach, this cemetery is one of three that served the port of Indianola during the 19th century. The oldest existing grave marker, that of James Chilton Allan, bears a date of 1851. Also buried here are some of Calhoun County's earliest settlers, who came in the first wave of German immigration to Texas in the 1840s. Many of the original tombstones, including that of Angelina Eberly (d. 1860), heroine of the Texas Archives War, have disappeared over time because of storms and vandalism. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836- 1986.

Old Town Cemetery is a historical marker in Indianola, Calhoun County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 36 historical markers documented in Calhoun County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 56 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.5446, -96.5226 near Indianola. The nearest cataloged historic site is Indianola Cemetery #2 (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Judge Henry Joseph Huck, Weyers-McGuire, and Mrs. Angelina Bell Peyton Eberly.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5057003825. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.