Unmarked graves here may date to 1872, when the Richland Baptist Church bought the site and the Richland School was established there. The earliest marked grave dates to 1878; two earlier graves, dated 1873 and 1876, are reinterments. Many veterans, including more than a dozen from the Civil War, are buried there. The Richland Cemetery Society maintained the graveyard from 1922 to 1962, when the Richland Cemetery Association was formed. Although the school and original church are gone, the site provides an enduring link to the area's early history.