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Jameson Grove United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTSeptember 26, 2022

Established 1881Jameson Grove United Methodist Church is one of the oldest black churches in the county. It is located in the northeast corner of Union…

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Zion Hill Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 8, 2018

Established 1878Guntown 1399 CR 183 Guntown, MS 38849

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Zion Chapel Missionary Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 8, 2018

Established 1904New Albany The community members in 1914 purchased an acre of land and started a church and a school naming them Little Zion Church…

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Wells Chapel

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 8, 2018

Established 1844New Albany Well’s Chapel was organized by three families in 1844. In 1848, a 40 by 50 feet house was built with 10 feet…

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Watson Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 8, 2018

Established 1882New Albany The church is located on Bankhead Street and was once named New Albany Grove Baptist Church. It is said to have once…

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Wallerville Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 8, 2018

Established 1854New Albany 1441 CR 121 New Albany, MS 38652

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Union Hill United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 8, 2018

Established 1896Myrtle Lebanon and Locust Grove Churches combined in 1896 to become Union Hill Church. Originally the church contained a sanctuary with only 4 very…

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St. Mary United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 8, 2018

Established 1887New Albany St. Mary’s Road New Albany, MS

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Shiloh Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 8, 2018

Established 1875Liberty Shiloh CME was originally located in the Liberty community and was organized in 1875 with 35 members. It has burned twice and each…

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Shady Grove Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1886Myrtle 1341 CR 73 Myrtle, MS

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Salem United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1840Etta, MS Organized in 1840, it began as a single room built from logs. People went to church in ox wagons, if they had…

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Red Hill Missionary Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1863Blue Springs The first building was an old sheep barn which was converted into a church 1238 CR 194 New Albany, MS 6662-534-4838

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Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1842Pleasant Ridge 1016 State Hwy 370 New Albany, MS 38652 662-534-6917

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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1867New Albany 1396 CR 126 New Albany, MS 38652 662-534-7489

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Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1885New Albany The church was organized in 1885, and its original building was also used as a schoolhouse. Eventually, the church burned down and…

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Pine Bluff Missionary Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1890Myrtle This African American Church met in a building they moved on logs from Gerzium Cemetery in Myrtle. They later built a new building…

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Palestine Missionary Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1843Tippah/Union Line 1066 CR 157 New Albany, MS

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Old Oak Grove Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1873Myrtle The church was originally organized in 1873 in a community 4 miles south of Myrtle. Two acres of land were deeded to the…

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New Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTJune 6, 2018

Established 1875New Albany Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church organized around 1875. A deed was recorded in 1883 when the first building was erected. The 1883…

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Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Oak Grove Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1875New Albany On the first Sunday of April 1878, a meeting was held to organize a Baptist Church at Oak Grove. In 1909, the…

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Oak Grove Chapel

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1875New Harmony formerly Oak Grove Church and Oak Grove Elementary School Second church , built in 1939, remodeled into a wedding venue. 1558 State…

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New Harmony Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1889New Harmony 1064 CR 204 Blue Springs, MS 38828 662-534-8014

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Myrtle Methodist Church

Myrtle United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1840/1870Myrtle In the years of 1840-1870, the pioneer settlers of the community built the first church. In 1948, the church was torn down, and…

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Myrtle Baptist Church (Camp Zion)

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1887Myrtle 1718 State Highway 178 Myrtle, MS 38650 662-988-2295

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Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1854The church was organized in 1854. As with most churches formed at the time, it had humble beginnings. It was a small one room…

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Mt. Gilead Baptist Church

Mt. Gilead Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1838Mound City 1281 CR 252 Blue Springs, MS 38828

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Mt. Zion United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1856Dumas In 1856, a log building was erected and used as a church and a school. It was destroyed in a fire and rebuilt…

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Mallalieu United Methodist Church

Mallalieu United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1887New Albany 433 Apple St New Albany, MS 662-534-4104

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Macedonia Baptist Church

Macedonia Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 25, 2018

Established 1887Macedonia The first church building was built in 1887 with 23 members. Services were held in the 3rd Sabbath. The 2nd church was built…

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Liberty Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 10, 2018

Established 1838Pleasant Ridge The oldest church in Union County An arm was established in June 1838 at Liberty School for the convenience of members in…

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Jericho Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 10, 2018

Established 1889Pleasant Ridge The church was first known as Fellowship Baptist Church, when it was organized in 1889. It was first recorded as Jericho Baptist…

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Ingomar United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 10, 2018

Established 1888Ingomar 1110 CR 90 New Albany, MS 38652 662-539-0111

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Ingomar Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 10, 2018

Established 1906Ingomar Ingomar Baptist was built and began in 1906 after the burning of Fredonia Baptist Church. Members could not decide agree on a new…

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Harmony Baptist Church

Harmony Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 10, 2018

Established 1912New Albany Organized in 1912 and had 400 members. On June 7, 1987, it celebrated 75 years. It moved into the old Union School…

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Golden Gate Worship Center

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 10, 2018

Established 1911New Albany This African American Church serves the community on the south side of New Albany. 15 Golden Gate Avenue New Albany, MS 38652

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Hall’s Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 10, 2018

Established 1925New Albany Hall’s Chapel CME Church began in northern New Albany and was known as Hattie’s Chapel. In 1925, a church building was erected…

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Glenfield United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 10, 2018

Established 1890Glenfield The church originally shared a building with the Baptist Church of Christ at the Valley, now Glenfield Baptist. In 1948, D.N. Daniel broke…

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Glenfield Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 10, 2018

Established 1890Glenfield It was organized on August 15, 1890 as the Baptist Church of Christ at the Valley. The Baptist and Methodist shared the Valley…

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Fredonia Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1873Martintown Road Formally organized in 1875. After the church was lost in a fire in March of 1906, the rebuild started in the fall…

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First United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1870New Albany The church first formed with 7 members as part of a preaching circuit ridden by the Scottish Rev. Peter Fleming. The church…

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First Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1843New Albany First Baptist of New Albany was organized in 1843. It was reorganized in the late 1850’s and active up to the Civil…

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Faith Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1878/1912Myrtle 1878 then in 1909 New Oak Grove Church of Christ 1912 became New Oak Grove Baptist Church 1152 CR 54 Myrtle, MS 38650…

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Fairfield Presbyterian Church

Fairfield Presbyterian Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1843Blue Springs The church was first organized on September 23, 1843 as Pleasant Grove Church, then New Hope Church in 1852, then finally given…

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Ellistown Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1859Ellistown On December 10, 1859, New Prospect Baptist Church was organized at Ellistown with 13 members. In 1959 when a new brick building was…

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Cornersville Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1843Cornersville Organized and built in 1900. The men of the community worked together to cut logs and build the church. In 1945, a new…

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Cleveland Street Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1905New Albany Now new Albany Presbyterian Church Originally organized in 1905 with 89 members, the church has since reorganized and been meeting since 1977.…

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Center Baptist Church

Center Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1910Center Center Baptist Church began on September 26, 1920 as a Missionary Baptist Church in Center School. After the brush arbor meeting in 1930…

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Calvary United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1896New Albany The church was deeded one acre of land on September 3, 1896. The congregants cut logs from members’ land, hauled it to…

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Bodock MB Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1915New Albany The simple white building has remained the same thought many years in this African American Church. The name Bodock comes from a…

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Blue Springs Baptist Church

Blue Springs Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1891Blue Springs Miss Becky Williamson began organizing the building of the church by driving her horse and buggy throughout the community soliciting funds for…

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Beulah Baptist Church

Beulah Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1848Myrtle Formed on August 18, 1848. The first verse to be addressed was 1 Corinthians 16:13-14: “Be on your guard; stand firm in the…

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Bethlehem United Methodist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1866New Albany Thomas Braselman was a leader in organizing the church in 1866. After he was killed in the Civil War, a group erected…

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Bethesda Presbyterian Church/New Albany Presbyterian Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTMay 2, 2018

Established 1843New Albany On Saturday, June 24, 1843, a meeting was held in the Tallahatchie Institute’s school house. Later a church building was built in…

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Bethel Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTApril 23, 2018

Established 1849Pinedale Originally organized in Pinedale in 1849, Bethel was rebuilt in 1949 and given a new steeple, roofs, sidewalks, and a chime system. Membership…

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Beech Springs Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTApril 23, 2018

Established 1905Ellistown The church started as a one-room plank building in 1905. In summer months members would use hand-held fans to keep cool and in…

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Hopewell

Churches of the TrailBy HTApril 23, 2018

Established 1851Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Hopewell was organized May 24, 1851 in a school house. In 1853, the first church building was built. Later,…

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Amaziah Baptist Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTApril 18, 2018

Established 18401163 CR 10 Myrtle, MS 38650

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Beaver Dam Church

Beaver Dam Church

Churches of the TrailBy HTApril 18, 2018

Established 1883Beaver Dam Church also served as a school for local African American Children through the 8th grade. The old building fell in during a…

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