Cemeteries

Denton County commissioners voted to discontinue the county’s maintenance funding of St. John’s Cemetery on Tuesday. The cemetery, near Pilot Point, is where hundreds of Black residents were buried, some more than 100 years ago, but getting to the site to maintain and preserve it has proved difficult due to boundary issues.

A change in state law allows the city of Arlington to begin selling plots in Arlington Cemetery, which houses the remains of the city's first mayors and postmasters.

Denton County commissioners discussed visitation hours and the amount of money the county has put into maintaining St. John’s Cemetery near Pilot Point during Tuesday’s morning meeting.

Denton County commissioners will be discussing St. John’s Cemetery during their Tuesday meeting. It’s a space in Pilot Point where hundreds of Black residents were buried, some estimated more than 100 years ago, but getting there to maintain and preserve it has proven difficult due to boundary issues.