Benton City Cemetery (Established 1870) Benton City Cemetery Marker Photo, Click for full size By John A Hensarling, June 21, 2012 1. Benton City Cemetery Marker Inscription. First public cemetery in this community, which was famous in early days for its outstanding school, aggressive businesses, and newspaper, the Benton City Era. Site was given by James M. Jones, farmer-livestock raiser and leading citizen, whose rock house stood nearby. Jones and family moved here in 1869, when Atascosa County (with Amphion the county seat) was a frontier region of south Texas. Interred here are pioneers and veterans of Indian warfare, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and other conflicts. Erected 1970 by Texas State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 373.) Location. 29° 12.41′ N, 98° 46.86′ W. Marker is near Lytle, Texas, in Atascosa County. Marker is on Farm to Market Road 3175, on the right when traveling west. Click for map. From Lytle, take FM 3175 about 1.9 miles southeast to Cemetery. Marker is in this post office area: Lytle TX 78052, United States of America. Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Lytle Methodist Church (approx. 2 miles away); Atascosa Lodge No. 379, A.F. and A.M. (approx. 2.4 miles away); First Baptist Church of Lytle (approx. 2.7 miles away); Old Rock Baptist Church (approx. 6.2 miles away); Rossville Cemetery (approx. 9.4 miles away); Sand Branch Baptist Church (approx. 10.2 miles away); Rossville (approx. 10.3 miles away); Anchorage Cemetery (approx. 10.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Lytle. Benton City Cemetery Marker Photo, Click for full size By John A Hensarling, June 21, 2012 2. Benton City Cemetery Marker Credits. This page originally submitted on June 20, 2012, by John A Hensarling of Campbellton, Texas. This page has been viewed 215 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 21, 2012, by John A Hensarling of Campbellton, Texas. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page. Recommend or Share This Page.
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