Discover The Mysterious History of the Texas Ghost Town Called Baby Head

Texas has a ton of Ghost Towns all over the state. Many are filled with rich history. One of those towns is located in central Texas. Blink and you will miss it because not much is left. Except for a marker and a cemetery. This is the story of Baby Head, a town near Llano, Texas.

The Mysterious and Debated History of Baby Head, Texas

Don't bother looking for an old gas station or even a falling-down house. In Baby Head, those don't exist. If you are traveling north on Highway 16 from Llano and you are looking for a "Welcome to Baby Head" sign, you won't see one. It doesn't exist. The only thing left of Baby Head is a Historical Marker, the Baby Head Cemetery, and, of course, Baby Head Mountain to the west and Baby Head Creek to the east.

Below are pictures of what is left of Baby Head, Texas.

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This is where the ghost town's history gets both gruesome and controversial. The widely accepted story, according to 101highlandlakes.com, is accepted mainly due to writings and stories that were told and handed down. According to TexasHillCountry.com, between 1850 and 1870, a group of Native Americans attacked a group of settlers and kidnapped a young girl. According to stories passed down, the girl was killed and her head was put on a spike at the foot of the mountain. In 1870, settlers settled in the area and named the town Babyhead in the child's honor. There are, in fact, maps showing the town's name as Babyhead.

But that isn't the only possible way Baby Head got its name. According to 101highlandlakes.com, in the 1990's a historian came across a different version of the story where it was ranchers who killed a child and blamed it on the Native Americans in the area.

We do know that some publications spelled Baby Head as one word, Babyhead. Though today it is widely accepted as Baby Head.

The Sort of Creepy Baby Head Cemetery

Today, all that is left of the town is the cemetery. Baby Head Cemetery. There is actually a very good chance that the little girl who died in or near the town isn't even buried in the cemetery, since the oldest market dates back to 1884, well after the founding of the town.

But that doesn't stop visitors from leaving heads of baby dolls on the oldest marker and on the fence around the cemetery.