Benton City Cemetery

Benton City Cemetery (HM12BK)

Location: Lytle, TX 78052 Atascosa County
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N 29° 12.41', W 98° 46.86'

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(Established 1870)

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.
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HM NumberHM12BK
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Marker Number373
Year Placed1970
Placed ByTexas State Historical Survey Committee
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, September 7th, 2014 at 1:04am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 521288 N 3230921
Decimal Degrees29.20683333, -98.78100000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 12.41', W 98° 46.86'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 12' 24.60" N, 98° 46' 51.60" W
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Area Code(s)830, 210
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2165 Benton City Rd, Lytle TX 78052, US
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Comments 1 comments

  1. Hello to who it May it concerns,
    I am the new owner of the property of this cemetery I have already talked to the city and to the churches about cleaning the cemetery but they only said they were gonna help but never did and this was three years ago.
    My question is who can I contact to resolve this matter?

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