Newburg Cemetery

Newburg began as South Leon. The Handbook says it was settled in December 1854 and organized South Leon Baptist Church in July 1872, which had forty-eight members by 1875. The Lee post office, most likely named for the early settler Add Lee, opened in 1883 and became Newburg in 1884 at his suggestion. By 1896 the town had a cotton gin, a gristmill and a blacksmith shop. A new Baptist church went up in 1906, and the post office closed in 1908. The school had 101 students in 1937 and joined the Comanche schools in the 1950s.

What the plaque says

Newburg Cemetery Pioneer settlers of this area of Comanche County arrived in the mid-1850s and established a town named for the nearby South Leon River. P.W. Brewer set aside land for a cemetery and church in 1872. Although earlier unmarked burials exist here, the oldest documented grave is that of Rosie E. McCurdy, who died in 1875. After the town name was changed to Newburg in the 1880s, the cemetery also was renamed. Local pioneers and veterans of conflicts dating back to the Mexican War are buried here. A cemetery association maintains the historic graveyard. (1994)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hamilton County Courthouse — 24 mi
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