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Submitted: 9/26/14 • Approved: 9/26/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R23993-G0-S3
Located on the east side of H Avenue between 11 Street and 12 Street in Plano, Collin County, Texas.
GPS Coordinates: 33deg 00min 54.74sec N, 96deg 42min 12.56sec W
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
PLANO CEMETERY
This graveyard was part of the Peters Colony Land Grant of Joseph Klepper (d. 1884). He immigrated to Collin County from Illinois about 1845. The burial site contains graves of five Peters Colonists, their families, and other early settlers. Through the years many prominent Plano citizens both white and black were interred here. Later it served as the only black burial ground for the community. The cemetery has a strong association with the First Methodist Church. It was adjacent to the graveyard for several years on property deeded by Klepper.
(1980)
Contributed on 9/26/14 by gasirek
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