To reach the White Chapel Cemetery, go about six miles west of Coleman on State Highway 153 (formerly FM 53), turn right (north) on FM 503. The cemetery will be on the left (west) side of the road just over 2 miles. The White Chapel Baptist Church building was south of the cemetery, but today this building is a private dwelling.

The cemetery is fenced and well kept. Shortly after the cemetery was first surveyed by Ralph Terry, Judia (Kemper) Terry and Vena Bob Gates in the mid 1980s for publication in "Coleman County Cemetery Inscriptions," published in 1988, the south fence was moved further south to take in more land. There is a drive-in gate on the FM 503 side of the cemetery, from which a road runs into the cemetery. In late October 2022, a new, tall entrance sign, fence and gate were added. There is also a small walk-in gate at the south end of the part of the cemetery in use. There is an additional gate further south for use when larger vehicles are needed in the cemetery. The south addition to the cemetery is not in use at the present time and there are no plans to use it in the future, as it is mostly rock.

This cemetery has been in use by the White Chapel Community since the early 1880s, but no deed was made until January 7, 1952, when the trustees of the Centennial Rural High School District, " ... conveyed to the trustees of a public cemetery, to be known as White Chapel Cemetery, a tract of 2.88 acres, which lay along the north line of a tract of 2 acres conveyed to the trustees of the White Chapel Baptist Church. This land having been abandoned by Coleman County and the school trustees many years ago and not needed or claimed for school purposes and the same having been used for many years as a cemetery." (Coleman County, Texas deeds - Vol. 313, page 592). The earliest marked grave is that of John Frederic Kelley, the infant son of T. B. and N. E. Kelley, who died in August 1883. A later marker was added for the infant of Nelson A. Jameson, inscribed with the year 1883. There are many unknown graves, of which some have been located. Some of those shown as UNKNOWN in the records are probably the same as some that were added from death certificate information.

Row numbers were created for the White Chapel Cemetery when the cemetery was surveyed in 1988 for "Coleman County Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. 2." Rows numbers were eliminated in the production of this map and index. Instead, numbers have been placed on all graves at their actual location on this map, whether the grave has a marker or not. This index and the map must be used together to be of value. The map will be added to the photo section when complete.