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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.
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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.
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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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