Churches of Gibson County, TN 

Additions, Corrections and Locations are needed. Please contact Vicki Shaffer  with additional info!

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 Cheryl Walker 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

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

1^st 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

For additional info on any Cumberland Presbyterian Churches in Gibson County, contact Susan Knight Gore

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  (Charles W. McCollum 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.