Latest / Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!
Forgotten Cemetery, Unyielding Legacy | Texas News
In Denton County, Texas, a forgotten African American cemetery holds the stories of over 400 souls—most still unnamed—buried since the late 1800s by formerly enslaved people who built a thriving community after emancipation. Forced out by racial terror and KKK violence by the 1920s, families fled, and the cemetery vanished from maps, buried under land deals and neglect. Rediscovered in the 1990s, it now carries a Historic Texas Cemetery designation—but access and upkeep remain in jeopardy as county services have ceased. Descendants and volunteers are stepping in, determined to honor the past…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.