Central Texas's Scariest Spot? Maxdale Cemetery Bridge in Killeen

Killeen, Texas might be going through a population renaissance, but the town has been a well established Central Texas staple since long before the railroad came to town, the area was the final resting place for people who died prior to the Civil War. Killeen now is the largest city between Austin and Dallas and Fort Worth, and new cemeteries have opened in the last 130 plus years, but nothing can match up with a true original.

One cemetery has long been considered one of the most haunted places in the entire Lone Star State, but it is the bridge that connects the cemetery to the other side of the Lampassas River that is by far the most haunted place in Central Texas.

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Central Texas's Scariest Spot? Maxdale Cemetery Bridge in Killeen, TX

According to information gathered in this Only in your State article, the small community Maxdale Cemetery at the south end of Killeen at the end of Maxdale Road that you turn south onto from Texas A&M Central Texas is the scariest place to visit in Central Texas.

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People have been buried in the Maxdale Cemetery since around 1860, but when the bridge was built to connect the cemetery to the surrounding area in 1914 is when the real spooky stuff started happening. Stories of tragedy, suicide, and hauntings have been told for generations, and people still visit the now closed bridge to stare fear right in the face.