Calvert in Washington County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Calvert United Methodist Church & Cemetery
Washington County
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 25, 2024
1. Calvert United Methodist Church and Cemetery Marker
Calvert Methodist Episcopal Church South first organized in in a community building used for a school. In 1889, Francis A. and Edna Webb donated this property for a church, and the congregation built this building in the same year. The church uses a bell originally part of Fairford United Methodist Church. The Fairford Church burned in 1895, but the bronze bell survived and was preserved in a creek. This church acquired the bell and installed it in the bell tower. The three branches of the Methodist Church merged in 1939 and this church became known as Calvert United Methodist Church. First Baptist Church met in this building from 1913-1920. Calvert Methodist Church also helped Calvert Church of the Nazarene organize. Many people contributed to improving the church building through the with the latest restoration completed in 2010. The church years, installed beautiful stained glass windows in 1994. Many veterans are buried in the church cemetery. The first veteran buried here was Walter L. McRae, 1st Lt. Co. B56 Alabama Cavalry CSA.
Erected 2014 by Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1889.
Location.
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Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Mobile Bay. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. 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 New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians (approx. 3.2 miles away); Old Military Road and Old Federal Road (approx. 4.7 miles away); Mount Vernon Arsenal (approx. 4.7 miles away); Mt. Vernon Arsenal and Barracks / Searcy Hospital (approx. 4.7 miles away); Ephraim Kirby's Grave (approx. 4.8 miles away); Fort Stoddert (approx. 4.8 miles away); a different marker also named Fort Stoddert (approx. 4.8 miles away); In Memory of Col. Ephraim Kirby (approx. 4.8 miles away).
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 25, 2024
2. Calvert United Methodist Church
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, 2014
3. Calvert United Methodist Church & Cemetery Marker
The marker had not yet been officially dedicated when picture was taken.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 570 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 26, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. 3. submitted on October 3, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia.
