Gumbo Church Cemetery was established around 1851. Some of the original pioneers to the area are laid to rest here. The cemetery is named for the Baptist church that used to stand near the graveyard. That wood frame church building was torn down years ago after the members built a larger brick building not far away along Wildhorse Creek Road.
Because of the age of the cemetery, and the number of tombstones with "high artistic value and little deterioration", the cemetery has been nominated to the National Register. The Gumbo Cemetery Committee has restored the area and keeps it maintained with the help of volunteers from nearby churches who have ancestors interred in the cemetery.