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—digitized titles
63historic places
—earliest paper
1858formed
143,208pop. 2020
29cemeteries
—CW battlefields
At a glance
Summary
The National Register of Historic Places includes 63 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Abilene, Buffalo Gap.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
Taylor County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).
1880
1900
1920
1940
1950
1960
1980
2000
2020
1,736
10,499
24,081
44,147
63,370
101,078
110,932
126,555
143,208
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
Cemeteries & historical places
USGS GNIS
29 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
Cemeteries — 29 of 29 listed
Name
Lat
Lon
Abilene Municipal Cemetery
32.45975
-99.7233
Abilene State School Cemetery
32.40255
-99.71106
Bluff Creek Cemetery
32.135
-100.01334
Booker Cemetery
32.24004
-99.83695
Bradshaw Cemetery
32.09646
-99.91002
Buffalo Gap Cemetery
32.26575
-99.85273
Caps Cemetery
32.37143
-99.84451
Cedar Gap Cemetery
32.25535
-99.75855
Cope Cemetery
32.18904
-99.71185
Dewey Cemetery
32.11281
-99.77153
Drummond Cemetery
32.36328
-99.8772
Dudley Cemetery
32.28513
-100.02305
Elliott - Hamil Garden of Memories Cemetery
32.41456
-99.79549
Elmwood Memorial Park
32.41424
-99.80022
Hardin - Simmons University Cemetery
32.4765
-99.73425
Iberis Cemetery
32.32691
-99.75999
Lemons Gap Cemetery
32.18968
-99.84056
Little Elm Cemetery
32.45266
-99.81136
McBee Cemetery
32.17378
-99.76412
Old Colony Cemetery
32.37995
-99.70768
Potosi Cemetery
32.33634
-99.65839
Rogers Cemetery
32.17403
-99.68391
Rose Hill Cemetery
32.47072
-99.99885
Shep Cemetery
32.14791
-100.11287
Snodgrass Cemetery
32.2415
-99.75037
Trent Garden of Memories Cemetery
32.49502
-100.11153
Tuscola Cemetery
32.21407
-99.7946
Tye Cemetery
32.45011
-99.86401
White Church Cemetery
32.38442
-100.13221
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
Historical markers
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