Baker Cemetery became almost inaccessible in recent months following heavy spring rains, but repairs that began July 13, 2015, to County Road 4042 will once again allow visitors to the 167-year-old cemetery.
Kaufman County Precinct 4 work crews replaced the old road that developed a multitude of deep, dangerous potholes. The potholes allowed a top speed of about 5 miles per hour prior to the repairs.
Baker Cemetery, which is in the Tolosa community off of Highway 274, is named after the John Baker family that migrated from Illinois to Texas in 1835. The cemetery began as a family burial site when the infant William Baker died in 1848.
There are now 852 people buried at Baker Cemetery, including many pioneer families and their descendants.
Some of the graves are those of veterans of the Republic of Texas Army, the Civil War, World War II and the Korean War.