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ALEO/PRAIRIE GROVE CEMETERY - NEVADA

                                                                                        CR 643                          33.103N                         96.360W

A one-lane dirt road going north from CR643 enters the cemetery. The cemetery is on both sides of the dirt road. It may be hidden in the grass.

This was once a community here called Aleo that contained Prairie Grove Baptist Church and Prairie Grove School. It had a post office, a gin and a small store.

No deed has been found for the church or cemetery.

This cemetery has at least an acre of land. There are a few small cedar trees.

The most recent stone that I saw was for 1930. COLLIN COUNTY CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS I lists one for 1950.

This cemetery is neglected. Someone rough-cuts the grass a couple of times a year.
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, Joy Gough

Audie Murphy's family lived in the area at one time. Some of his relatives are buried in this cemetery.

PRAIRIE GROVE CEMETERY

The Prairie Grove Cemetery served residents

of the Aleo community from the late 1800s

until the middle of the 20th Century. The burial

ground has ties to the Prairie Grove Baptist

Church, which set aside land to be used for

burials. The oldest known grave in the

cemetery dates to 1895. World War II hero

Audie Murphy lived in the area for a time, and

his mother and grandparents are buried here.

Victims of the 1927 tornado that came

through nearby Nevada are also interred

here. A vestige of rural settlement of the 19th

century, the cemetery serves as a reminder of

the pioneer community of Aleo. 

Historic Texas Cemetery (2005)