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 Ozro Cemetery
N 32° 20.236 W 097° 03.293
14S E 683066 N 3579482
Texas Historical Marker commemorating the early community of Nation Town, later Ozro, of which this cemetery is the only remnant. Located at Ozro and Smith Roads, near Maypearl, TX.
Waymark Code: WMGPHB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2013
Views: 7
Marker Number: 7136
Marker Text:
In 1858 J.P. Gilmore and Richard D. Graves gave land for Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and for this burial ground. The earliest marked graves date from 1870. J.H.L. Jackson donated additional land in 1895. At that time, the cemetery served Nation Town, a thriving community with several stores and a school. The village was renamed Ozro in 1898, when that post office opened. After the International & Great Northern Railroad reached this area in 1902, many residents moved to Maypearl, and Ozro declined. Today the cemetery is the only remnant of its past. (1978)
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