Located in the northeast part of Navarro County at a ferry crossing on the Trinity River, the community was said to have been named for an early ferryman. The community was a center of religious activities with camp meetings being popular gatherings during the summer months. Noah T. Byers and Hampton McKinney were regular preachers. The earliest settlers were the Cadwells, Martins, Jones, Humphries, Westbrooks and In the 1850s, a church known as Prairie Point was in the same area.

See Also:

• Bazette Religion Index

• Bazette Community Cemetery