Eanes Cemetery

Eanes Cemetery sits across a parking lot from the old church and schoolhouse. About thirty marked graves belong to the families who farmed here, among them the Teagues, Johnsons, Rileys, Thurmans, Garmons and Brusts, and other graves are unmarked and likely hold travelers heading west. The Eanes family itself rests elsewhere, in a family cemetery in the Lost Creek area. Pupils on the campus learn why the people here are remembered, and the school district counts this among ten historic cemeteries within its boundaries.

What the plaque says

Eanes Cemetery The establishment of this cemetery in 1874 provided for the burial of travelers and residents of eastern Travis County who did not have a family graveyard. The land was donated by early Eanes settlers William and Sophia Teague, who also deeded part of their property for a church and school. Some of the burial sites are marked only with fieldstones, while others are identified by limestone or granite markers. The earliest legible tombstones is that of Mike M. Teague, dates to 1895. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Barton Springs Pool — 2.8 mi
  A three-acre pool in the bed of Barton Creek, fed by the fourth-largest spring in Texas at 68 to 70 degrees, and shared with an endangered salamander found almost nowhere else.
• Mount Bonnell — 3.5 mi
  Austin's old lookout over the Colorado, named by an 1838 traveler, picnicked on by George and Libbie Custer, and reached by a 1939 flight of about 100 limestone steps.
• Harry Ransom Center — 4.2 mi
  The University of Texas archive where a Gutenberg Bible and the earliest surviving camera photograph are always on view, free, beside the papers of Watergate and the movies.
• Texas State Capitol — 4.3 mi
  Austin's fourth statehouse, a Renaissance Revival capitol of 1888 that stands 311 feet to its Goddess of Liberty and was restored after the 1983 fire.

More markers nearby

• Eanes School and Chapel — steps away
• Eanes-Marshall Ranch — 1.0 mi
• Desegregation of Lions Municipal Golf Course — 2.3 mi
• Deep Eddy Bathing Beach — 2.3 mi