Historical Marker
Christ United Methodist Church
Stockdale, Wilson County · Texas
Erected 1971
The town took Fletcher Stockdale's name in 1863, while he was lieutenant governor, and got its post office in 1871. German and Polish immigrants brought the population to 300 by 1885, when Stockdale had four churches, a school, two mills, two blacksmith shops, two general stores, a grocery and a drugstore. The San Antonio and Gulf Railroad arrived in 1898, and by 1914 the town had 900 residents; in 1925 a planing mill was making furniture and cabinets. The population, about 1,000 in 1929, fell to 696 by 1939, then grew to 1,398 in 2000.
What the plaque says
Christ United Methodist Church Congregation organized 1871 by the Rev. R. M. Leaton, with 2 charter members. Circuit riders first held services here in a picket schoolhouse. J. R. King, early Texas settler, patriot, and state legislator, gave this site in 1876 for church. Present (1937) building is fourth at the same location. (1971)
Where it stands
29.23613, -97.96097 · Directions
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