Titus County, Texas Cemetery Search - Springhill (North) Cemetery

Springhill North Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in Titus County named “Springhill” (the other being Springhill SE). Both cemeteries derive their name from the proximity to natural spring waters.

Springhill North Cemetery is a public cemetery located on two acres that are surrounded by pasture land. It is on the tallest point of land in the surrounding area and has a magnificent view. An asphalt road once ran to the cemetery, but it has been abandoned and is falling into disrepair. Access is only through private property for about 0.3 mile which could be detrimental to cemetery preservation because it may soon be forgotten. The cemetery was recently subjected to a major clean-up and is very clean with evidence of all scrub brush and limbs burned. A large tree sitting in the cemetery has blown over and damaged the chain link fence that surrounds the cemetery.

It is difficult to determine how many graves are in the cemetery, but there appears to be an extensive area that may yet be used. Unlike a number of other older cemeteries, there were only six native rocks marking graves. Two others had the initials “D. B.” and “M. C.” scratched into them. There were two funeral home markers, a pile of petrified wood, two pieces of a broken concrete marker, and a concrete slab that had “Helen Inez” imprinted on it that marked other grave sites. The latter was surrounded by Hays family headstones. Additionally, there were two rock cairns with concrete headstones with no information on them. Some monuments have become so eroded that they are very difficult to read.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM THE TITUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE:

Travel 1.4 miles North on North Jefferson Street (Business U.S. 271) to its intersection with Burton Road (the south service road of Interstate 30). Turn right (east) onto the service road and continue 0.5 miles to the intersection of Texas Farm Road 1402 (Harts Bluff Road).

Turn left (north) at the stop sign and proceed 7.8 miles. The cemetery lies about 0.3 miles on the left on top of a hill. A log house currently sits on the property and a small road runs in front of the house and ends at the cemetery. Several gates are set up along the road.

GPS COORDINATES: 33°16.883' N 094°57.824' W

DECORATION DAY: Unknown

MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 73 (2008-04-01)

FREE BURIAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CEMETERY.

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(NOTE: This cemetery contains un-named burials marked by irregular makers like natural stones and other methods that could not be included in the Titus Cemetery Search database.)

LAST TCS PHYSICAL SURVEY: 2006-03-30

Historical information for this cemetery was provided by and used with the permission of David Horton, and was compiled from Mr. Horton's work and the earlier work of Lynch Harper. Map provided courtesy of Ark-La-Tex Council of Governments GIS department. Please forward any mapping questions to http://www.atcog.org/gis_mapping.htm.