Vaughan, aka Vaughn, TX history, remaining Baptist church, Vaughan Cemetery, photos, vintage map. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

An exact date for settlement is not known, although there was a community named Willow a short distance (two miles) east of present-day Vaughn. The community was more than likely named to honor physician (and resident) Dr. B. H. Vaughn.

Vaughn was granted a post office in 1885 and five years later (beside the physician), the town could also boast of a store and a wagon maker.

By 1915 the Willow and Vaughn schools consolidated. In the 1930s the population of Vaughn was estimated at fifty � where it stayed for the next thirty years or so.

The 1959 killer tornado left Vaughn with seven fewer people, By 1970 the population had risen to seventy residents.

The Baptist Church became the last remaining institution in the 1980s.

Vaughan Cemetery

AKA Bell Cemetery

31.9104� (31� 54' 37") -97.1853� (-97� 11' 7")

Direction:
From Hillsboro, take Hwy 22 to Peoria where it intersects with FM1947.
7 miles on FM 1947 to FM 310, right 1 mile to cemetery sign to HCR 2440, a dirt road, to the cemetery.

Vaughan Cemetery
Since 1870
Photo courtesy Jen Basham, September 2018

Vaughan Cemetery
Photo courtesy Jen Basham, September 2018

Vaughan Cemetery
Photo courtesy Jen Basham, September 2018

Vaughan Cemetery - Helen Hudson tombstone
Photo courtesy Jen Basham, September 2018

Vaughan Cemetery tombstone
Photo courtesy Jen Basham, September 2018

Hill County 1907 postal map showing Vaughn
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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