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Parker County Poor Farm and Cemetery

Weatherford, Parker County

Marker Text

Created in 1883, a farm near this site housed the county's indigent citizens. Farm residents and some county convicts worked to grow crops and raise livestock. Although entire families were once housed at the farm, by the 1930s the residents were mostly elderly. Their barracks-style house was moved to Weatherford in the 1940s after the farm was closed. A small cemetery was created here, and contains one legible marker. Additional grave sites have been marked with bricks. The earliest documented burial is from 1904, and the last was in 1937. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986

Marker Details

Address Tin Top Road
Location Description 2700 block Tin Top Road, on road that leads to entrance of Parker County 4-H Youth Center.
Marker # 3940
Dedicated 1986
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code county facilities; poor farms; agriculture; cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 32.710971, -97.79386

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