Urban Cemetery Historical Marker

Urban Cemetery

Sharp, TX

Take FM 487 west from Sharp approximately 1

mile, turn south on CR 414 approx .7 miles,

then east on CR 412 approx .3 miles

Urban Cemetery

This burial ground is named for Julius Paul Urban

(1848-1923), a Wendish immigrant who deeded 1.05 acres

of land for use as a cemetery in the late 1890s. The

oldest known grave is that of Madalena Denker, who

died in 1903. The cemetery also contains numerous

graves of infants and children dating from the early

years of the 20th century. Many tombstones bear

German-language inscriptions, reflecting the area's

strong German heritage. Although the Lutheran church

and school that once served the Felton, Duncan and

Sharp communities no longer exist, the Urban cemetery

remains in use for this rural part of Milam County.

Text on Supplemental Plaque:

Additional research reveals Julius Paul Urban was a

native of Prussia and not Wendish. He emigrated from

Germany to the U.S. in 1882.

Erected 2001