Weeping Mary, Texas

"Weeping Mary" redirects here. For the phenomenon, see weeping statue.

Weeping Mary, Texas
Unincorporated community
Weeping Mary Location within the state of Texas
Coordinates: 31°35′49″N 95°9′35″W / 31.59694°N 95.15972°W / 31.59694; -95.15972Coordinates: 31°35′49″N 95°9′35″W / 31.59694°N 95.15972°W / 31.59694; -95.15972
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Cherokee
Elevation	226 ft (69 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-6)
GNIS feature ID	1370986^[1]

Weeping Mary is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. As of 1990, a local church and a few houses remained.^[2] The town was named by freed slaves after the Civil War.^[3]

References

External links

Scenes And Sorrows: A Portrait Of Weeping Mary - photos and stories about how the town got its name

Municipalities and communities of Cherokee County, Texas, United States

County seat: Rusk

Cities	Gallatin Jacksonville New Summerfield Reklaw‡ Rusk Troup‡

Towns	Alto Bullard‡ Cuney Wells

CDP	Shadybrook

Other unincorporated communities	Atoy Blackjack Church Hill Concord Corine Cove Springs Craft Delmer Dialville Earle's Chapel Forest Fry's Gap Gould Ironton Larissa Linwood Maydelle Mixon Mount Selman New Hope Oakland Pierces Chapel Pine Hill Ponta Reese Salem Shady Grove Tecula Turney Weeping Mary

Ghost towns	Etna Lone Star New Birmingham

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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