National Register of Historic Places

St. Mary's Cemetery

Rascal Town, Lawrence County, Tennessee
Listed
October 9, 1984
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
84000095

About this property

St. Mary's Cemetery is a historic Roman Catholic cemetery in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States, located off Rascal Town Road, 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of St. Joseph. The cemetery contains about 20 19th-century monuments and was still being used for burials as of the late 20th century. The cemetery and its white iron gate are the only remaining physical evidence of the 19th-century German Catholic settlement of St. Mary's. A number of the 19th-century monuments in the cemetery have German-language inscriptions. A small log church was built at the site in 1872 but was no longer standing as of 1984, when the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Location

Rascal Town, Lawrence County, Tennessee
35.03152, -87.41485

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was St. Mary's Cemetery listed on the National Register?

St. Mary's Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1984.

What type of historic resource is St. Mary's Cemetery?

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