A small Baptist congregation met under a brush arbor in 1876 near what later became the village of Wells, which grew into the town of Newville, Alabama. A log church called Center was erected in 1881 about 500 yards from the present church, and Sunday School was organized in 1890. Farmer's Union Grange Hall, a two story building, was later constructed, and Center Church held meetings on the first floor. Center became Newville Baptist Church in 1911, the Grange Hall was torn down, and a new frame church was built in 1913. The present brick church was built in 1923, with additions added in 1951 and 1958. For the cemetery, James M. and Catherine Wells donated one half acre of land in 1887 for the site of the church and cemetery. The oldest known grave is that of William Y. Kirkland, who died April 10, 1891. The church paid W. M. Harris fifty dollars in 1901 for two and one-half acres of land for the cemetery. In 1947, burial spaces were sold for 25 cents a square foot. Nancy Price gave the church one acre of land for the cemetery in 1958. There are over 700 marked and unmarked graves, and Newville Cemetery was listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register in 2005.