Provident City Cemetery
Speaks, Lavaca County, Texas, USA
Description: Provident City, Texas (located about 35 miles northwest of El Campo, Texas) is essentially a "ghost town" that consists today of one large renovated hotel and a couple of caretaker buildings. [Hotel coordinates are: 29 degrees 16' 55.86" North by 96 degrees 37' 48.91" West].
To find the cemetery, first find the hotel in Provident City. From the hotel, travel south on County Road 248 about 1/2 mile to the intersection with County Road 255. Turn right and go west about 3/4 mile to the second ranch road on your right. Turn right on this ranch road and go north almost 1/2 to an intersection with another road. Continue on straight from this intersection 1/2 mile - the road will turn to the right and then to the left - and come to a small clearing. Stop at this small clearing.
If you find yourself at a clearing with a large barn (metal I believe), you've gone about 1/4 mile too far - go back. There is no cemetery sign - no sign at all of a cemetery. There will be an old barbwire fence going west from the clearing. Find the barbwire fence; walk west along it for about 125 yards and stop. Turn right you should see a tombstone with a small split-rail wooden fence around it. You are in the middle of the Provident City Cemetery. (Cemetery coordinates are: 29 degrees 17' 06.05" North by 96 degrees 38' 17.61" West.)
Description: Provident City, Texas (located about 35 miles northwest of El Campo, Texas) is essentially a "ghost town" that consists today of one large renovated hotel and a couple of caretaker buildings. [Hotel coordinates are: 29 degrees 16' 55.86" North by 96 degrees 37' 48.91" West].
To find the cemetery, first find the hotel in Provident City. From the hotel, travel south on County Road 248 about 1/2 mile to the intersection with County Road 255. Turn right and go west about 3/4 mile to the second ranch road on your right. Turn right on this ranch road and go north almost 1/2 to an intersection with another road. Continue on straight from this intersection 1/2 mile - the road will turn to the right and then to the left - and come to a small clearing. Stop at this small clearing.
If you find yourself at a clearing with a large barn (metal I believe), you've gone about 1/4 mile too far - go back. There is no cemetery sign - no sign at all of a cemetery. There will be an old barbwire fence going west from the clearing. Find the barbwire fence; walk west along it for about 125 yards and stop. Turn right you should see a tombstone with a small split-rail wooden fence around it. You are in the middle of the Provident City Cemetery. (Cemetery coordinates are: 29 degrees 17' 06.05" North by 96 degrees 38' 17.61" West.)
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- Added: 1 Feb 2012
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2435805
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