Sterling Cemetery

Burial place of some 400 Texas pioneers and descendants. On land granted (1835) to A. J. Webb; bought in 1850 by Judge Robert Calvert, a civic leader in Sterling, a town named for Empresario Sterling C. Robertson. Calvert dedicated 11.1-acre cemetery and built adjacent Cumberland Presbyterian Church of his own plantation timber. In 1867, Judge Calvert died and was buried near cemetery gate. The church building was moved by oxen to new town of Calvert (2 mi. E). In 1868, his wife, Mary Keesee Calvert, and their three daughters deeded cemetery site to the Cumberland Presbyterians.

Sterling Cemetery is a historical marker in Calvert, Robertson County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 63 historical markers documented in Robertson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 103 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.9848, -96.7087 near Calvert. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gibson Farm Mexican (cemetery), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include St. Paul United Methodist Church, First Baptist Church of Calvert, and Cobb's Market.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5395010950. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.