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Saint Paul's Church of Gerald |
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Gerald,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 36' 50.81532999984",
-97° 0' 28.49920999992"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
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.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Saint Paul's Church of Gerald Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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