BABYLON, TEXAS. Babylon was midway between Dawson and Purdon, seventeen miles southwest of Corsicana in western Navarro County. It was founded by former slaves who around 1895 established a church that they named for the ancient city of Babylon because of its biblical associations; a school was in operation there by 1900. Residents traded in nearby Dawson, Purdon, or Spring Hill. The school and church were later closed, and after World War II ^qv most of the remaining residents left the area. In the early 1990s only a few scattered houses remained at the site.

bibliography: Navarro County Scroll, 1966.