5801 Helmick Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas, 76107
National Neighborhood Conference Awards Winner for Third Year in a Row
Congratulations to the Lake Como community on earning Neighborhood of the Year for the third consecutive year. This recognition reflects the dedication of residents, volunteers, organizations, and community partners working together to preserve our heritage and strengthen the neighborhood.
Historic Texas Cemetery Marker Dedication
Historic Lake Como Cemetery received the Historic Texas Cemetery designation in 2019. On July 6, 2024, community members, descendants, volunteers, and local leaders gathered to dedicate its official Historic Texas Cemetery Marker. The ceremony honored those interred here and celebrated the community’s continued commitment to preservation, restoration, historical research, and descendant outreach.
Lake Como Cemetery Care Teams
Our Cemetery is Maintained by the Community
All About Historic Lake Como Cemetery
What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose.
Lake Como Cemetery was established in 1925 by Rev. George Washington Burton II of Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Located on a three-acre tract at Helmick Avenue and Halloran Street, it serves the historically African American Lake Como neighborhood. Historic reports estimate 300 to 500 interments, many of them unmarked, and surviving burial records remain incomplete.
The Como Alumni Club donated the entrance arch in 1987. Community members reactivated the Lake Como Cemetery Association in 2016, and burial activity resumed in 2020. The cemetery received the Historic Texas Cemetery designation in 2019, and its Historic Texas Cemetery Marker was dedicated on July 6, 2024. Today, the Association continues preservation, maintenance, historical research, and descendant outreach.
