This cemetery is highly endangered. It is not a map feature, and it does not have a sign. On MAPSCO (1993) it is labeled as Lagow Park. The cemetery is fully fenced, but it does not have a gate. Maintenance is minimal, and the cemetery appears highly neglected. The majority of the cemetery features are displaced, damaged, or fallen. There are numerous grave depressions, and possibly many unmarked graves. Heavy overgrowth may hide many of the fallen features. There are two fenced plots, one has a low metal pipe railing and the other has a painted tin, picket fence, which is collapsing. [Texas State Historic Commission]
Location & Access
Best approached from west via Malcolm X. Texas State Historic Commission notes state that the cemetery is fully fenced, but it does not have a gate.
- Address: 3510 Carpenter Ave. Dallas TX 75210
- Legal Description: D ABLEMONT FELIX L – BLK C/2126 LOT 12
- GPS: 32.7649247 Latitude, -96.7475913 Longitude
- MAPSCO: 36 V-Z
- Owner: City of Dallas
History/Background
“In 1883, Richard Lagow donated to the people of school precinct No. 62, an acre of land for burying ground purposes; that the public used the ground and interred their dead there, and that the gift was ratified by the heirs of the estate after the death of Mr. and Mrs. Lagow.” – 1889 court proceedings as reported August 17, 1889 in the Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 8, col. 1.
First published survey in Willie Flowers Carlisle Book Old Cemeteries of Dallas County, 1948 Resurvey by A. C. Morgan 2002. The information was placed on Jim Wheat’s website.
References & Sources
- Lagow Cemetery Endures Coercion, Violence, Neglect, Two Lawsuits End With Triumph for the People by Kathy Ann Reid (Gleaned from Frances James’ Lagow Cemetery File) – November 2021 – https://dallaspioneer.org/cemeteries-of-dallas-county/lagow-cemetery/
- The Lagow-Murchison Families: Pioneers – https://dallaspioneer.org/the-lagow-murchison-families/
- Rootsweb – Lagow Settlement Cemetery – https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jwheat/history/lagow.html
