The cemetery is located in Newgulf, TX, the location of the former Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. During the company's early years, due to primitive conditions (tent homes, lacking proper facilities) many babies died of cholera. According to county and family records and oral histories, 113 individuals of Hispanic descent, mostly newborns and young children, were buried in Campo Santo. The first deaths occurred on March 31, 1927 the most recent burial in 1958. For the most part, no funeral home was ever involved in Hispanic burials. There was no charge for funeral plots. Bodies were prepared by families and buried, at virtually no cost, in wooden coffins constructed by families or a local resident, Mr. Amado Parra. The individual graves were excavated, filled, and maintained by family members and friends. Flowers, toys, and seashells adorned the children's graves. The cemetery is now maintained by several Newgulf families.