Wildwood Cemetery in Terrell, Texas - Find a Grave Cemetery

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Coordinates: 32.74470, -96.25140
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Terrell State Hospital established a cemetery, later named Wildwood, soon after the hospital opened on July 14, 1885, with the first burial on October 22, 1885. The approximately 3,600 persons buried in Wildwood Cemetery came from all over the world. Numbered concrete blocks originally marked their graves. Later, Wildwood Cemetery researchers spent 20 years matching patients' medical records to the numbered graves. Currently, the "Restoring Dignity: numbers to names" project places markers with names and dates of birth and death on the graves replacing the numbered concrete blocks. The installation of a decorative, wrought-iron fence around the perimeter of the cemetery is also a work-in-progress.