Maud in Bowie County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Maud United Methodist Church

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 28, 2025

1. Maud United Methodist Church Marker

Inscription.
Organized as a mission by the Rev. Thomas Jefferson Milam of Old Boston, on farm of Jesse M. Ball, Three Springs community, Aug. 10, 1874. Original meetinghouse was built immediately on Ball's property. Samuel D. Knapp (1841?-1922), a charter member, founded Town of Maud, and was its first postmaster. He donated present site, and the building was moved here in 1880. The mission became a church in 1897. A tornado razed second building in 1914. Present sanctuary, fourth for the church, was erected in 1940 with funds given by Miss Jennie Tapp, and was enlarged in 1956.

Erected 1974 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 9491.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is August 10, 1874.

Location. 33° 19.97′ N, 94° 20.551′ W. Marker is in Maud, Texas, in Bowie County. It is on Main Street near Fincher Drive, on the left. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 206 Main St, Maud TX 75567, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Epperson's Ferry (approx. 0.9 miles away); Arkadelphia Rosenwald School (approx. 3.6 miles away); Redwater (approx. 5.6 miles away); Old Boston (approx. 6½ miles away); Douglassville Cemetery (approx. 9½ miles away); Hooks (approx. 9.6 miles away); Douglassville Baptist Church (approx. 9.6 miles away); Methodist Episcopal Church of Douglassville (approx. 9.6 miles away).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 28, 2025

2. Maud United Methodist Church Marker

Maud United Methodist Church and marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, July 23, 2026

3. Maud United Methodist Church and marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 29, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 255 times since then and 33 times this year. Last updated on July 28, 2026, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 28, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. 3. submitted on July 28, 2026, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.