Thurber Cemetery, encompassing slightly more than nine acres, reflects the multi-ethnic Thurber community. The graveyard was divided into three sections with separate entrances: Catholic, Protestant, and African American. It contains more than 1,000 graves, including almost 700 unmarked burials. The oldest tombstone is that of Eva Chapman, an infant who died in 1890. More than half of the graves are those of infants and children, reflecting epidemic diseases such as scarlet fever, typhoid fever, diphtheria, and whooping cough.