Cornith Cemetery

Aldrich's 1943 history of Houston County describes Old Corinth School, near what became the Center Hill community, as drawing pupils from the Ike Morgan, Julian, Maples, Harrison and West families. He tells of Miss Dollie Thompson, later Mrs. W. B. Worthington, who rode to the school on horseback while her father or brother led a second horse for her trip home. One heavy downpour kept her and her pupils in the building all night, with Dan Morgan staying on as protector. Aldrich says Old Corinth later disappeared, succeeded by the Center Hill school.

What the plaque says

Cornith Cemetery Corinth Cemetery stands as a reminder of Houston County's pioneer heritage. It is the last remaining evidence of several Houston County settlements, including Corinth, a community that built up near a Methodist Episcopal church and school in the late 1850s. The cemetery has served as a final resting place for residents of Corinth, Old Randolph, Old Zion, Kennard and Center Hill. Although the oldest documented grave dates to 1864, burials probably occurred here as early as the 1850s. The Corinth Cemetery Association has cared for the graveyard since the 1940s. (1991)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 16 mi
  Three earthen mounds of an ancestral Caddo village and ceremonial center on the old El Camino Real, settled about A.D. 800 and still sacred to Caddo people, with a grass house and visitor center.

More markers nearby

• Kennard — 1.8 mi
• Former Rosenwald School — 1.9 mi
• Center Hill — 2.2 mi
• Randolph Community — 2.4 mi