Churches of Gibson County, TN 

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ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Rutherford Assembly of God, founded 1944
First Assembly of God, Milan

BAPTIST

         Belew's Chapel General Baptist, 1910  by Adam McCartney
         Bethel, Yorkville, 1832
         Chapel Hill, Milan, 1846
          Clear Creek, Currie Community 1851
          Eldad, 1828

          Hickory Grove Baptist Church


          Shiloh General Baptist  a history by Adam McCartney

Latham's Chapel, Southeastern Gibson County, 1914
Laneview, Kenton, 1901
Laneview, Trenton, 1920
Oak Grove, 5 miles N of Milan, 1870, Cemetery
Old Bethlehem, 1833
Temple Baptist, 1964
Walnut Grove, 1835 PHOTO
White Hall, 3 miles E of Trent,
Concord-Cades Rd, 1941, Cemetery, 1946
First Baptist Church, Dyer, 1885
First Baptist Church, Humboldt, 1867
First Baptist Church, Kenton, 1890
First Baptist Church, Medina, 1883
First Baptist Church, Milan, 1861
First General Baptist, Milan, 1966
China Grove Missionary Baptist, 1851
Mt. Pleasant  Baptist, 1848
Flowers Chapel Primitive Baptist, 1886
Medina First Baptist Church, 1883
New Hope Primitive Baptist, 1825, An old cemetery was in the area in 1989 where many pioneer settlers of the Milan area are buried.
Salem Baptist Church 150 Years of History 1847-1997 Index  Created by from a book written by Mike Fairless
Salem Missionary Baptist Church - History - Submitted by John A. Scruggs - DEED
          33th annual session of the Gibson Missionary Baptist Assn.
 

CATHOLIC

Saint Matthew, Milan

  • CHRISTIAN
          Cental Ave. Christian Church of Humboldt

    • CHURCH OF CHRIST

    Lowrance Chapel, abt. 4 mi. E of Rutherford, 1866
    Milan, 1905
    Old Concord, 1 mi N of Sanders Store Rd & abt 2 mi W of Milan, 1851,
    Cemetery on wooded hill in a field, Unkept, Monuments in 1989 standing Anderson, Karnes, Kerns, Claybrrok, Hill, McAlister, Patton, Sharp, Powell, Sewell. 1847 death date on stone of Martha Matilda McAlister was earliest found.
    Pleasant View, 1904, Cemetery, 1967
    Sitka, began, 1917-1919
    Tri-City, Rutherford, 1976

    CHURCH OF THE NAZARINE

    Milan, 1986

    CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN

    Bells Chapel, 309 Bells Chapel Road, Dyer, TN 38330, (901) 643-6729
    Bradford, 117 Highway 45 South (Box 186), Bradford, TN 38316, (901) 742-3397
    Concord, 153 Herd Law Road, Trenton, TN 38382, (901) 686-7739
    Davidson Chapel, Route 5, Trenton, TN 38382
    Double Springs, 18 Double Springs Road, Humboldt, TN 38343, (901) 787-6422
    Dyer, Box 181, Dyer, TN 38330, (901) 692-2594
    Friendship, bef.1859, Cemetery, 1918, Church now gone, Records at Mildred G. Fields Library, Milan TN
    1st Cumberland Pres, Humboldt, 1873
    Humboldt, 2375 Mitchell Avenue, Humboldt, TN 38343, (901) 784-2703
    Kenton, 1867, 301 College Street, Kenton, TN 38233, (901) 749-5600
    Medina, 1873, Cumberland & King Sts., Medina, TN 38355
    Milan, 1877, 6083 S. First Street, Milan, TN 38358, (901) 686-1851
    Morella, Route 2, Kenton, TN 38233
    Mt. Olive, 76 Yorkville Highway, Dyer, TN 38330
    North Union, 78 Preacher Dowland Road, Kenton, TN 38233, (901) 643-6578 (Margaret Nichol has written a wonderful history of this church you can view by clicking on North Union)
    Oliver's Chapel, 1910, 91 Olivers Chapel Road, Bradford, TN 38316, (901) 742-3559
    Pleasant Green, Route 1, Atwood, TN 38220
    Rutherford, 1859, Trenton Street, Rutherford, TN 38369, (901) 665-6487
    Yorkville, PO Box 156, Yorkville, TN 38389, (901) 643-6594
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    METHODIST

    Antioch, 1840
    Brazil, 1899
    Medina, 1884
    First Methodist Humboldt  established in 1860 (John Blankenship wrote and submitted this history)  Click here for photo prior to 1899 of members
    Milan, 1861
    Good Hope Methodist  established 1852  Currie Community  ( submitted the history of this church)
    Grace, 1954
    Hullum's Temple C.M.E, 1885
    Mt. Pleasant Church and Cemetery, 2 mi W of Milan, 1838 -
    White until after Civil War, building burned and not rebuilt, cemetery remained in use until abt 1915, stones standing 1989: Thomas, Dorsett, Stockard, Ing, Durley, Reeves, Bolton, Claybrook.
    Oak Grove, Edison Community, 1830's
    Salem, Rutherford, 1830
    Walnut Grove, 5 mi N of Milan near Cades (Dist 15), 1828, 1852

    MORMON
           Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Meetinghouse
               (Trenton Branch)
           #3 Homer Craig Road
             HUMBOLDT , TN 38343
            (731) 784 - 5595 (Office)
            (731) 784 - 5545 (Hallway)

    PRESBYTERIAN

    Dyer United Presb Church, 1906
    First Presb., Milan, 1906
              Fruitland Presbyterian Church 1825 (Humboldt)

    NON DENOMINATIONAL

    Central Ave. Christ Church, 1881
    Freewill Mission Church, 1978
    Old Liberty Grove Church, 1858,
    Old Liberty Grove Cemetery, 3 mi W of Rutherford.