Eureka Cemetery

From Hillsboro, go north on HWY 81 toward Itasca for about 8 miles. Turn left on FM 3147. It is about 1 to 1 1/2 miles down on the right. (Note: right before you get to HCR 4224.)  It is hard to see when going west, but it is in clump of trees. Very clean to be so old. View Map. Inventoried by Yvonne Akin July 15, 2003.  We want to thank Mr. Will Lowrance for the additions and corrections for this cemetery.  Please send corrections, updates and information to Hill County Crossroads.

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Note: The Eureka Cemetery Association is seeking to locate family of those buried in the Cemetery.  If you have information on any of the names listed below please notify Will Lowrance, Secretary/Treasurer of Eureka Cemetery Association, P. O. Box 563, Hillsboro, Tx. 76645; [email protected]; or 254-580-5379.  Eureka Cemetery is located between Itasca and Lovelace, west of Hwy. 81 on FM 3147

EUREKA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION FORMED

 Incorporation papers for the Eureka Cemetery Association were received and approved by the Office of the Secretary of State on May 9, 2008, and Internal Revenue Service has awarded tax exempt status effective on that date.  The Association was created to restore and maintain the historic Eureka Cemetery, located on 0.98 acres of land in the Ellen Chapman Survey between Itasca and Lovelace near the intersection of FM 3147 and HCR 4224.  

      The cemetery sits on private property that has remained in the same family since 1874.  William R. Kimmons purchased the farm in May 1874 and made burial space available for his family and neighbors. There are 20 marked graves in the cemetery, the first in 1886.The property today is owned by Kimmons’ great-grandson, Bill Bledsoe of Sherman.

       The Eureka Community was settled after the War Between the States, and early families included Kimmons, Eagleston, McDaniel, Faries, Clack, London, Hambright, Priddy, Hamilton, and Wilson.  A school (later moved farther east on FM 3147) was originally located on Coleman Creek just east of the Cemetery, and a Cumberland Presbyterian Church was constructed there in 1890.  Eureka never had a store, cotton gin or blacksmith shop, depending instead on Lovelace and Itasca for those services.

      Removal of brush and vines has been accomplished and an inventory of graves has been prepared.  Tax-deductible contributions to help level and reset the markers are welcome and can be mailed to Will Lowrance, Secretary/Treasurer of Eureka Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 563, Hillsboro, TX 76645.  For additional information call Lowrance at 254.580.5379.

The following are buried in the Kimmons Family Plot and are marked with an iron fence:

Information is not needed on these burials.