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Poston-Odle Cemetery

Valley Mills, Bosque County

Marker Text

One of the earliest settlements in this area was established in the 1850s along Hog Creek. A rock building used for a school and church was erected, and the area became known as Rock Church on Hog Creek. The family of John Odle settled here following the Civil War. Land for this cemetery was set aside by Odle following the death of his sister, Mary Odle Poston, in 1875. Those buried here include members of the Odle, Poston, Cutbirth, Pool, Cureton, Adams, Hord, Callan, Hoffman, and Le Fever families. The cemetery gates were built from the stones of the Old Rock Church. (1989)

Marker Details

Address
Location Description from Valley Mills, take FM 217 west about 1.2 miles to CR 3155; take CR 3155 1.8 miles southwest; turn south on CR 3160 and continue about 0.3 miles to cemetery
Marker # 4091
Dedicated 1989
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 31.632312, -97.518661

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