Near Mansfield in De Soto Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Double Churches

1850

— Historic Site —

Double Churches Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 28, 2017

1. Double Churches Marker

Inscription. The Dolet Hills or "Double Churches" community was organized by homestead settlers in the 1850's on a late 1700's Spanish Land Grant to Pierre Dolet. The Lord, Griffith and Pace families were among the earliest arrivals. There were many family homes, physicians, a school, a post office and two churches, Methodist and Baptist, which shared the cemetery. The building of the Grove Hill Baptist Church, organized April 3, 1859, and cemetery are all that remain of the viable community.

Erected by Desoto Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is April 3, 1859.

Location. 31° 56.619′ N, 93° 35.494′ W. Marker is near Mansfield, Louisiana, in De Soto Parish. It is at the intersection of Grove Hill Road and State Route 175, on the right when traveling east on Grove Hill Road. Located about 8 miles south of Mansfield. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mansfield LA 71052, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Las Ormigas Spanish Land Grant (approx. 0.6 miles away); Federal Advance (approx. 1.4 miles away); Grove Hill Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away);

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Pelican 1881 (approx. 4.3 miles away); a different marker also named Federal Advance (approx. 6.1 miles away); Capt. Elijah Parsons Petty (approx. 6.3 miles away); In Memory of Lieut. Colonel Franklin H. Clack. C.S.A. (approx. 6.3 miles away); Louisiana Monument (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mansfield.

View of marker looking east on Grove Hill Road. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 28, 2017

2. View of marker looking east on Grove Hill Road.

Double Churches Cemetery Gate Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Clay Lord, April 30, 2019

3. Double Churches Cemetery Gate Entrance

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 14, 2021

4. Double Churches Marker

Grove Hill Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 14, 2021

5. Grove Hill Baptist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on July 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,024 times since then and 109 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 11, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 3. submitted on February 2, 2021, by Clay Lord of West Monroe, Louisiana. 4, 5. submitted on July 24, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma.