St. Paul's Church of Gerald
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Marker No: 4481
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 31.614101, -97.007919
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Marker Text: German farmers began settling in this region in the late 1880s. For many years, they worshiped in the schoolhouse. Gerald post office was opened in 1888. The town had a blacksmith shop, general store, drugstore, and cotton gin by 1900. In that year 16 men organized St. Paul's Evangelical Congregation. Chris Schuetz provided two acres in 1903 for a church that stood on this site until 1937, when the present structure was built. As the International & Great Northern Railroad bypassed Gerald in 1901, a decline soon began. This church still serves a large rural area and marks the former townsite. (1979)
Location: From Leroy take Hwy 308 1 mile southwest.
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