St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery

Early homesteaders in Lipscomb County were Russians of German descent, including Jacob M. and Amalia Koch, members of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, which German Russian settlers established in 1914. By 1916, the Koch family allowed church members to use this land as a burial ground, and they deeded the land to the church in 1950. The first burial was baby Hildegard Schilling in January 1916. The cemetery remains a link to early Lipscomb County settlers and their German Russian heritage, as chronicled on the gravestones.

Lipscomb, Texas · United States