Long Cove Baptist Church was organized on February 22, 1876, by the Rev. Noah T. Byars, a prominent early Texas Baptist minister, with eight charter members in a congregation originally known as Sims Creek Baptist Church. By 1885, the name Long Cove had been adopted, and membership grew under the leadership of itinerant pastors. For many years, the fellowship worshiped in the Long Cove Schoolhouse near this site, which also served as a community social center. After the schoolhouse burned in 1925, the congregation, under the leadership of the Rev. D.K. Smith, built a wooden sanctuary. By 1981, membership had declined enough that those remaining voted to disband. For more than a century, the church provided significant service and leadership to the Long Cove community and, through former members, to other areas as well. The cemetery here was long associated with the congregation, stands on the grounds of the early school building, and contains the graves of Civil War and World War II veterans and pioneers of the rural community.