This cemetery served early settlers of the rural area that later developed as the Nevada community. Also known as South Church Cemetery, it was connected with Mt. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, which was also located on this site. Its members organized after Mt. Pleasant Church, located between Lavon and Farmersville, split in 1882. Roland and L. Josephine (Butler) Gooch sold land for both the church and the burial ground. The earliest marked grave here dates to 1880, and those interred include veterans of conflicts dating to the Civil War. In 1947, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church disbanded, and by 1950 the cemetery had ceased to be an active burial site.