Cabeza

In the 1870s Joshua Butler from Virginia settled here on 2000 acres along Cabeza Creek. Soon John Riley and P. P. Short began large sheep and cattle ranches. Their children attended schools in Yorktown and Helena until a schoolhouse was built on Short's land. Later a public school opened here and served for Baptist and Methodist worship. A post office was begun in 1889. The village had a doctor's office, mercantile stores, cotton gin, and blacksmith shop. The post office closed in 1907. By the 1950s area schools consolidated and small farms replaced the large ranches.

Cabeza is a historical marker in Nordheim, DeWitt County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in DeWitt County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 166 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.9760, -97.6730 near Nordheim. The nearest cataloged historic site is Strickland (cemetery), about 2.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Sociedad De Cementerio Union Mexicana, Nordheim Shooting Club, and Jubilee Park Pavilion.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5123000617. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.