McNeil Cemetery
Luling, Caldwell County, Texas
Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop
Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site
Location:
from Luling, take FM 1323 E/NE 5 mi. to CR 302, then west .5 on CR 302
Marker:
(Soda Springs Methodist Cemetery) This cemetery was founded on
land deeded to the Soda Springs Methodist Church about 1867 by early settler
Margret Hinds. The first recorded burial was that of Henrietta Gant in 1868.
The cemetery was first known as Soda Springs Methodist Cemetery but was
renamed McNeil Cemetery sometime before Soda Springs Methodist Church
disbanded in 1919. Among the more than 390 grave sites in the cemetery are many
of the area's early settlers and their descendants. the cemetery is maintained
by an association and continues to serve the McNeil community. Sesquicentennial
of Texas Statehood 1845-1995