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College Mound United Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, August 2004 |
College
Mound History in a Pecan Shell
One
of the county's oldest communities, settlers from Indiana and Tennessee arrived
in the mid-1840s. Residents had high hopes for their new community and named it
for a college that never materialized. The Methodist church was established in
1845, with a cemetery laid out the following year. The church was built on a permanent
site on donated land in 1866. Five different denominations utilized the building
- which may be a record for a Union Church in Texas. The present church building
was built in 1897.
A post office first opened in 1850 but was discontinued
prior to the Civil War. It reopened but was closed again in 1874. College Mound's
school merged with Terrell's schools in the late
40s and as with many communities across Texas, the
merging was the last straw. College Mound quietly withered and today all that
remains is the church, the cemetery and a few scattered residences.
Not
on the TXDoT official map.
Photographers' Notes:
"There's a big
nice cemetery behind the church" - Mike
Price October 05, 2009
"College Mound is covered in Baker's
first Ghost Town book. The church and cemetery have both been nicely restored."
- Barclay
Gibson, October 06, 2009 |
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The church with centennial marker
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, August 2009 | |
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