Arcadia Evergreen Cemetery

Santa Fe, Texas
aka Evergreen Cemetery, Old Arcadia Cemetery
Coordinates: 29.427878, -95.114715
From I-45, go west on FM 517 at Dickinson, then south onto Cemetery Road. Cross the Bayou and turn LEFT (east) onto Oak Lane. This narrow road dances a jig here so don't be confused when coming from the south and seeing it on the wrong side of the road. From Santa Fe, you'll turn RIGHT just a bit farther north from the western end. The coordinates are for the intersection of Cemetery Road and Oak Lane. The cemetery is behind the house on the left (north) side of the lane. It's a large tract compared to the number of graves (less than 100) and few stones are visible. A large stone tablet at the gate names the folks thought to be buried here (see below).

This cemetery has a historical marker.
Evergreen Cemetery
"In 1890 Henry J. Runge laid out the town of Arcadia at the site of a railroad depot on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad near here known as Hall's Station. Sometime between 1890 and 1897, Evergreen Cemetery was established to serve the growing community of Arcadia. The first person known to be buried here was Susan Carswell Sims (d. 1897). The Evergreen Cemetery Association was formed in 1906; J. L. Polinard, R. H. Romine, and S. A. Franks were the original trustees. That same year the cemetery was granted a state charter and in 1907 Henry Runge deeded the 2-acre Evergreen Cemetery plot to the association. At that time the cemetery contained 13 known gravesites. Between 1906 and 1949 at least 47 people are known to have been buried here. When the charter was not renewed in 1956 the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce stepped in and led a successful effort for its renewal in 1958. The purpose of the cemetery under the new charter was to provide a burial place for indigent residents of Arcadia. The last person buried in Evergreen Cemetery was Josephine Short in 1958. Grounds restoration by Arcadia volunteers and construction of a road to the cemetery by Galveston County were completed in 1972."
Near Oak Lane and Cemetery Rd. Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas, Erected 1992

There is a list with some photos at FindaGrave.
 
 

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