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Site of First Church in Upton County |
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8th and Half St., Rankin,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 13' 26.19018999984",
-101° 56' 35.8446400008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
After pioneers of Upland (12 miles N.) resettled here in 1912 on Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway, they held religious services in the railroad depot, then acquired a non-denominational church site on this corner. Ira G. Yates, later an oil baron, headed building fund donors' list. George E. Blanton, a Baptist; Dr. J. H. Johnson, Church of Christ; and H. H. Russell, Methodist, were trustees. The Rankin Union Church building, finished in 1915, housed local school two years. It was county's only church until the late 1920s. This site was sold to the Methodists in 1939.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Site of First Church Historical Marker Location Map, Upton County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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