​Chatfield United
​Methodist Church

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Marker No: 8285

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

Geographic: ​32° 14.503′ N, 96° 24.499′ W

Marker Text: ​In 1846, the Rev. J. E. Ferguson, whose son was to be a governor of Texas, preached to Methodists in this area. Robert Hodge, who founded Chatfield, built a brush arbor and let camp meetings be held at his spring. In 1858 he donated a site for a lodge hall, where all faiths worshipped for years. In 1886, Mr. and Mrs. Nail McMullan gave the Methodists a site for a church of their own. Peak membership came in 1896 under the Rev. George Clark. The original building was destroyed by a storm in 1937; the present one was completed in 1938. (1976)

Location: ​4937 FM 1603, Chatfield