When
06/06/2026
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location
Garvin Cemetery
4000 West Northwest Highway
Dallas, Texas
When: Please save the date, 6/6/26
What: Viewing Garvin Cemetery
Where: 4000 block of Northwest Highway, Dallas
Why: Field trip
More details to follow but comments to date:
We will meet at 10:00 in the northeast corner of the parking lot in front of Embassy Suites at 3880 W. Northwest Hwy. From there we will walk or shuttle, if needed to the cemetery.
Information on Garvin Cemetery from the Texas Historical Commission, details for Garvin’s historical marker
| Marker Number | 6723 |
| Atlas Number | 5113006723 |
| Marker Title | Garvin Memorial Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Garvin Memorial Cemetery |
| Address | 3800 block W. Northwest Highway |
| City | Dallas |
| County | Dallas |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 701594 |
| UTM Northing | 3638213 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery |
| Marker Year | 1980 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 3800 blk. W. NW Hwy., south side between Sherwood Forest Drive and Cochran Heights Drive |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18″ x 28″ |
| Marker Text | This burial ground served the pioneer families who settled in the area. Graves here date from the 1870s. The land for the cemetery was donated to the community by James G. Garvin (1830-1897), a former Dallas merchant, his wife Eliza, and brothers Col. William L. Crawford (1839-1920) and Judge M. L. Crawford (1841-1910), prominent attorneys of the county. Several veterans of the Civil War are interred here, including Col. Pleasant G. Swor (1834-1878), who led an assault against Union forces at the Battle of Corinth. (1980)         |
