Location: From
Goldthwaite, take Highway 84 East about 8.5 miles (marker on south
side of road).
Historical Marker: The Center City Cemetery began
with the burials in 1874 of Julia M. Bishop and M. E. Hughes,
the adult and infant daughters of W. C. and Caroline Hughes, early
settlers of this area. Judge L. E. Patterson purchased 2.5 acres
containing the Hughes burials in 1905 for use as a community graveyard.
Concern for its upkeep prompted the establishment of a cemetery
committee in 1951. A $1000 gift to the cemetery in J. M. Dalton's
will in 1967 helped establish a maintenance fund. The more than
500 burials recorded here include those of many of this area's
earliest settlers.