CLEAR LAKE CEMETERY - CLEAR LAKE
Clear Lake Park 33 03 19N 96 29 10W
Clear Lake Park 33 03 19N 96 29 10W
Clear Lake Cemetery is between the East Fork and Pilot Grove Creek south of Princeton. It is closer to Pilot Grove Creek. The village of Clear Lake sprang up in 1884 when the U. S. Government started a whiskey distillery here. For many years Clear Lake furnished the bois d’arc blocks that were used for streets in the city of Dallas. In 1890 the Santa Fe Railroad came through.
The lake that Clear Lake was named for was about ½ mile long, 30 - 40 yards wide, and 6 feet deep. In 1893 it dried up completely. It is said that the lake was once a channel from the old river bed. In 1913 when Pilot Grove Creek went out of its banks, the flood was above the railroad trestle that was east of the community. Most of the old community is now under Lake Lavon.
This cemetery is in a grove of large trees on a hill on the banks of Lake Lavon in Clear Lake park. It is surrounded by a 4-foot chain-link fence and covers about 1 acres of land. The deed for this cemetery is listed in Vol. 106, p. 473. It provides for a 10 foot passway around the cemetery. It is an active cemetery. I saw graves for 1983 and 1991. The cemetery is well taken care of. There are several stones that need repair. There is a bois d’arc marker that says, “E. Cecil, 109 years old.”
There are signs in various places for Clear Lake Park and the Baptist Encampment. The road to the Baptist Encampment is about 1 mile northwest of Clear Lake Park. The park has a gate that is locked at night.
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, Joy Gough
The lake that Clear Lake was named for was about ½ mile long, 30 - 40 yards wide, and 6 feet deep. In 1893 it dried up completely. It is said that the lake was once a channel from the old river bed. In 1913 when Pilot Grove Creek went out of its banks, the flood was above the railroad trestle that was east of the community. Most of the old community is now under Lake Lavon.
This cemetery is in a grove of large trees on a hill on the banks of Lake Lavon in Clear Lake park. It is surrounded by a 4-foot chain-link fence and covers about 1 acres of land. The deed for this cemetery is listed in Vol. 106, p. 473. It provides for a 10 foot passway around the cemetery. It is an active cemetery. I saw graves for 1983 and 1991. The cemetery is well taken care of. There are several stones that need repair. There is a bois d’arc marker that says, “E. Cecil, 109 years old.”
There are signs in various places for Clear Lake Park and the Baptist Encampment. The road to the Baptist Encampment is about 1 mile northwest of Clear Lake Park. The park has a gate that is locked at night.
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, Joy Gough
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