Baby Head Cemetery - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

A historical marker on the east side of Highway 16 identifies the location of the Baby Head Cemetery, which is near the location of the original town site of Baby Head that was founded in the 1870s. A post office was established there in 1879 and Shelby Walling was the postmaster. The post office was closed in 1918. For a time Baby Head was a thriving rural community with several business and a school. It was also the site of an election precinct and a justice court. The Baby Head School still appears on maps, but I have not been able to locate it. By 1968 Baby Head had declined to twenty, and it was still shown with a population of twenty in the 1990 census.

The Baby Head Cemetery was established in the 1870s and the first documented grave is that of May McKnelly who died on New Years day in 1884. The cemetery is the last physical reminder of the town of Baby Head.

Marker Number: 9432 Marker Text: According to local oral tradition, the name "Babyhead" was given to the mountain in this area in the 1850s, when a small child was killed by Indians and its remains left on the mountain. A local creek also carried the name, and a pioneer community founded in the 1870s became known as Baby Head. The oldest documented grave here is that of another child, Jodie May McKneely, who died on New Year's Day 1884. The cemetery is the last physical reminder of the Baby Head community, which once boasted numerous homes, farms, and businesses. (1991)

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