​The Tobey Community
​Cemetery

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Marker No: 9754

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.643242, -98.325989

Location: from Marble Falls take FM 1431 north approximately 2 miles to FM 1980, then FM 960 north approximately 4 miles to cemetery entrance

Marker Text: ​The Nat Tobey family moved from Indiana to northeast Burnet County in the 1850s. Sons Avery and Samuel bought land here in Backbone Valley in 1868. At the death of N. W. Tobey, aged 12, this cemetery was opened in 1872. A church and school stood nearby, serving people of the ranches and farms of the valley. Within a century, over 200 graves were placed in this burial ground. In 1964 Tobey Cemetery Association was formed to care for the one remaining community landmark, since church and school were phased out in the 20th century.  (1976)