Marker Inscription
San Pedro Cemetery Established 1909 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2007
Historical Marker
San Pedro Cemetery
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About this site
San Pedro Cemetery is a historical marker in San Marcos, Hays County, dedicated in 2006. It is one of 124 historical markers documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.8055, -97.9819 near San Marcos. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hernandez (cemetery), about 1.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Nichols, Holmes, and Byrd Owen-Payne Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016486. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
San Pedro Cemetery in San Marcos is a significant Mexican American burial ground in Hays County, founded in the early 1900s by farm-laboring families who, barred from segregated cemeteries, formed a mutualista (mutual aid society) to pool resources and buy land so their community would have a dignified place of burial. The mutualista remains active, and the cemetery holds more than 1,700 graves, many of families who trace their roots to its founders.
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