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Mount Hope Cemetery Anson, Texas
Mount Hope Cemetery is located east of Anson on Highway 180.
Entrance to Mt. Hope cemetery from highway. Gravesite of Irvin and Tula Sanders is to the left, next to where the red Tahoe is parked.
Looking west toward Anson from Mt. Hope Cemetery
Anson, Texas, looking North on Highway from the intersection of Highway 180 (East-West) and Highway 83 (North-South). The country court house is in the distant. The Church of Christ is located to the left of highway. A portion of the First Baptist Church sign is visible, and just beyond Anson ISD administrative building and the grounds of the high school.
Looking south from Courthouse.
Fort Phantom Hill marker, original location of Anson Texas.
"Site of emigrant trail, the frontier military road, and Fort Phantom Hill, founded in 1851 to guard the military road. County created 1858 from Bexar and Bosque counties. Named for Anson Jones (1798-1858), a veteran of San Jacinto, minister to the U.S., Secretary of State and last President of the Texas Republic. Phantom Hill, in 1858-1861 a Butterfield Overland Mail Station, was in 1861-1865 a Civil War patrol point, trying to curb frontier raids by Indians. The county was recreated in 1876, organized 1881. Anson (at first called Jones City) is county seat. (1965) "
"The Seventh Texas Legislature created Jones County in 1858 and named it for Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas. The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the area's untamed wilderness combined to postpone the county's formal organization until 1881. Voters selected Jones City, later renamed Anson, as permanent county seat. The first permanent courthouse was a small frame building, which served until the county purchased a hotel in 1884 for use as a courthouse. An 1886 brick courthouse served the county for the next 24 years. In late 1909, the Jones County commissioners court, led by County Judge J. R. Stinson, determined that the growth of the county called for a larger courthouse. They selected Elmer G. Withers of Stamford (15 mi. N) and the Texas Building Company of Fort Worth as architect and contractor, respectively. Completed in 1910, the Jones County courthouse is an excellent example of Beaux Arts styling, with influences from the Arts and Crafts movement found in the decorative painting uncovered during a 1990s rehabilitation on the ceiling of the district courtroom. Other notable features include the statue of Lady Justice atop the domed clock tower and the pedimented porticoes with flanking pairs of Ionic columns on each façade. Constructed of brick and Pecos red sandstone, the Jones County courthouse continues to stand as an important part of Anson's architectural heritage and a center of politics and government for the citizens of the county. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2000 "
Courthouse statue
Statue honoring Anson Jones, Namesake for Anson, Texas.
Bluebonnets in bloom at Mt Hope Cemetery
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