Titus County, Texas Cemetery Search

The Winfield Cemetery is a large public cemetery located south of the town of Winfield in southwestern Titus County and almost to the Franklin County border. The Winfield community was originally named Barrett, and there has been name confusion between the Winfield and Barrett Cemeteries. Barrett cemetery lies north and east of the Winfield township, while Winfield cemetery is south of the town. Winfield Cemetery must have had its beginning around the turn of the 19th century since two monuments bear 1898 dates.

Land incorporated by the cemetery has been significantly enlarged and the cemetery appears to have ample expansion room. The cemetery is fenced with chain link fencing and is well maintained. Access roads divide the cemetery into quadrants that have been designated Northeast (NE) immediately to the left of the entrance, Northwest (NW) immediately to the right of entrance, Southeast (SE) the section after the East/West roadway on the left and Southwest (SW) the section after the East/West roadway on the right.

Lynch Harper's "Cemeteries of Titus County" stated there were numerous stones marking graves without monuments. Three pieces of petrified wood are the only stones remaining. However, three clay pots and two ceramic urns marked other graves and six unreadable funeral home markers were found at others. A Cemetery Memorial is conducted annually on the 4th Saturday in April at 1:00 P. M. Cemetery business is conducted at that time.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM THE TITUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE:

Travel 0.5 miles West on West First Street to the intersection of Ferguson Road (U.S. 271). Veer to the right and enter Ferguson Road, continue West 1.6 miles to the intersection of Interstate Highway 30 (IH-30). Turn left onto Interstate 30 and proceed 6.8 miles to Exit 153. Take exit 153 and turn left onto the IH-30 overpass at the exit ramp stop sign. Turn left onto the IH-30 frontage road at the next stop sign. The cemetery entrance will be on the right after 0.2 mile.

GPS COORDINATES: 33°09.546' N 095°06.640' W

DECORATION DAY: Third Saturday in April at 01:00 p.m.

MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 1,030 (2008-04-01)

FREE BURIAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CEMETERY.

SEE "HOW TO REQUEST BURIAL INFORMATION" PAGE FOR DETAILS.

(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: 2006-03-10

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.

Winfield Cemetery recieved an important designation from the Texas Historical Commission when it was designated as a Historical Texas Cemetery in 2007.

Obtaining the Historic Texas Cemetery designation records Winfield Cemetery with the State of Texas and with the Titus County Clerk's office and helps protect Winfield from any potential future incursion that might come about as land use around the cemetery changes.

Titus Cemetery Search and the Titus County Historical Commission assisted Winfield Cemetery in obtaining their designation.