CLEAR LAKE CEMETERY - CLEAR LAKE
Clear Lake Park
33 03 19N
96 29 10W
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, Joy
Gough
Clear Lake Cemetery is between the East Fork and Pilot Grove Creek south of
Princeton. It is closer to Pilot Grove Creek. The village of Clear Lake sprang
up in 1884 when the U. S. Government started a whiskey distillery here. For many
years Clear Lake furnished the bois d’arc blocks that were used for streets in
the city of Dallas. In 1890 the Santa Fe Railroad came through.
The lake that
Clear Lake was named for was about ½ mile long, 30 - 40 yards wide, and 6 feet
deep. In 1893 it dried up completely. It is said that the lake was once a
channel from the old river bed. In 1913 when Pilot Grove Creek went out of its
banks, the flood was above the railroad trestle that was east of the community.
Most of the old community is now under Lake Lavon.
This cemetery is in a grove of large trees on a hill on the banks of Lake Lavon
in Clear Lake park. It is surrounded by a 4-foot chain-link fence and covers
about 1 acres of land. The deed for this cemetery is listed in Vol. 106, p. 473.
It provides for a 10 foot passway around the cemetery. It is an active cemetery.
I saw graves for 1983 and 1991. The cemetery is well taken care of. There are
several stones that need repair. There is a bois d’arc marker that says, “E.
Cecil, 109 years old.”
There are signs in various places for Clear Lake Park and
the Baptist Encampment. The road to the Baptist Encampment is about 1 mile
northwest of Clear Lake Park. The park has a gate that is locked at night.
Clear Lake
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended citation:
Clear Lake Cemetery," CEMETERIES OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas
History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004].
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