On State Highway 16, 0.6 miles south of Farm to Market Road 8, on the right when traveling south.
The town of Desdemona was a well established frontier community by the 1870s; a post office opened there in 1877. J.S. and Rosa Jones deeded one acre from the D.W. Funderburgh land survey for a "public graveyard" in 1880. The earliest marked grave . . . — — Map (db m181880) HM
On County Highway 504 at County Highway 505, on the left when traveling east on County Highway 504.
This church was organized by nine charter members in 1872. Religious observances began with brush arbor meetings organized in the summer of 1872 by the Rev. Johnnie Northcutt. Early settlers traveled by wagon, horseback, buggy, and on foot to meet . . . — — Map (db m201941) HM
On State Highway 16, 0.2 miles south of Farm to Market Road 8, on the left when traveling south.
A few miles to the southwest. Largest far western "Family Fort" used throughout Civil War. Started by C.C. Blair, 1857 settler. 1861-1865 occupants were Wm. Arthur, Blair, J.M. Ellison, Jasper, Jim and Tom Gilbert, W.C. McGough, W.H. Mansker and . . . — — Map (db m181883) HM