Pin Oak Chapel - near New Truxton, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 56.903 W 091° 15.259
15S E 651276 N 4312497
Warren County, use to be a town, now just and old church building and cemetery. No services are held in this church anymore.
Waymark Code: WMWC0F
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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County of church: Warren County
Location of church: Pin Oak Church Rd., 1 block S. of Pin Oak Rd., 3 miles S. of New Truxton
Number of graves: Approx 190

Cemetery semi-active. Open to family member of those already here.
The church stopped regular services in the 1960s. Exact date cannot be confirmed.
As with other German churches in this area, when the cemetery is still being visited the privy is maintained and very clean.


Pin Oak Church: A Methodist institution in the west-central part of Camp Branch Township. It was built between 1862 and 1867 and is still in existence. It was named for the post office." ~ J.E. Harper; William Van Studdiford; Mrs. Wardie Jones Ebert; John Mason; E.S. Aydelott


Pin Oak Cemetery: "An old burial ground in the west-central part of Camp Branch Township, near Pin Oak Church at the site of the former Pin Oak. The cemetery was instituted after the organization of the Pin Oak Church (q.v.) in the 1860s. It was named for the church." ~ J.E. Harper; William Van Studdiford; Mrs. Wardie Jones Ebert; John Mason; E.S. Aydelott


Pin Oak: An early post office in the center part of Camp Branch Township, thirteen miles north of Warrenton. It is listed as a post office by Goodwin in 1867, but does not appear in the Postal Guide of 1876 or later. Although John Mason says the post office was organized before 1853, Hayward does not list it. Bellville in Montgomery County took its place. The name is descriptive of the trees in the vicinity.
A rural vicinity in the west-central part of Camp Branch Township. It was named either for the town or for the church." ~ Goodwin; Hayward; Studdiford; Mrs. Wardie Jones Ebert; John Mason

Date of Chapel Construction: 1867

Denomination of Chapel or Cemetery (if applicable): Methodist

Active Chapel?: no

Main Construction Material of Chapel: wood

Description of Cemetery added in Long Description: Not listed

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