WYLIE CEMETERY - WYLIE
Masters Street
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
The first store
in this area was started in 1876. In 1883 a group of men met to select a name
for a post office. One of the men said that no one in town was worth a "plug
nickel", and the community became known as Nickelville. Another story says, "It
was no bigger than a nickel." In 1886 the Santa Fe Railroad came through to the
north of Nickelville. The agent and engineer in charge was Col. W. D. Wylie. He
promised to do great things for the community, if they would name it after him.
He purchased 100 acres of land and divided it into lots. Nickelville moved north
to the railroad, and changed its name to Wylie.
This cemetery is fenced with an entrance sign and arch. It is well maintained.
It was deeded in Vol 46, p 170, by the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company
to a Board of Directors. It is a very large cemetery, covering several acres.
There are several hundred burials. This cemetery is called the Old Wylie
Cemetery. It is almost full. The New Wylie Cemetery is a couple of blocks north
at Oak Street. It also goes by the names of Kreymer or Hughes.
New Wylie
Cemetery
Wylie
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Wylie Cemetery - Wylie,
"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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