Chalk Hill in Rusk County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Chalk Hill Community Church

Photographed by Brian Anderson, February 17, 2025

1. Chalk Hill Community Church Marker

Inscription. Worship services began about 1917 in the Chalk Hill schoolhouse until a church building was erected in 1921. Materials for the community church were purchased through donations solicited from the citizens of Chalk Hill. In 1925 the women sold baked goods and quilts to purchase a piano for the church. Through the years the structure has served the Baptist, Apostolic, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations. Owned by the community, the building continues to serve as a spiritual and social center of the Chalk Hill area.

Erected 1996 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 10974.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 32° 21.18′ N, 94° 38.966′ W. Marker is in Chalk Hill, Texas, in Rusk County. It is on Farm to Market Road 1716, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16713 FM 1716, Henderson TX 75652, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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 New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Elderville Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away); Pleasant Green Baptist Church (approx. 6.3 miles away); Harmony Hill Cemetery (approx. 7 miles away); Millville Cemetery

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(approx. 8 miles away); Honoring Veterans of of the War Between the States (approx. 8 miles away); Big Inch Pipeline (approx. 8 miles away); Grable Cemetery (approx. 8.1 miles away); Town of Tatum (approx. 8.1 miles away).

Photographed by Brian Anderson, February 17, 2025

2. Chalk Hill Community Church Marker

Chalk Hill Community Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, February 17, 2025

3. Chalk Hill Community Church

Credits. This page was last revised on February 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 22, 2025, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. This page has been viewed 194 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 22, 2025, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio.