New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery - Calwood, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 53.969 W 091° 50.545
15S E 600380 N 4306258
Old cemetery some stones missing, and/or destroyed
Waymark Code: WMX2Y4
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2017
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County of church: Callaway County
Location of church: MO-JJ & CR-136, about 2 miles SE of Calwood
Phone: (573) 592-0056
Pastor: Bruce Williamson
Number of graves: approx 200
Cemetery created: approx. 1895
I walked this cemetery, and found several stone broken off, and text missing, but you could tell a stone once stood in that place...
"Little could be found about the church in easily accessible sources. A church is shown at this location in the 1897 atlas of Callaway
County. The building on the map could very well be this church, though the building has been extensively modified since that
date.
"The church property contains the church, a social hall/activity/classroom building and a cemetery. The property is relatively flat, with
scattered mature trees and other vegetation. The cemetery wraps the south and west side of the church, with markers facing east and
laid in long rows running north and south. The social hall/activity building sits at a slight angle and is an earth-contact building with
concrete walls and a low pitched side gable roof.
"In many respects a typical gable-end church, this building faces east and has a centered entrance. To the south is an addition (date
unknown) with a low pitched shed roof. The only fenestration on the east elevation is the single leaf entrance sheltered beneath a
gable roof, single bay, porch. On the north elevation are two, small, evenly spaced windows. The building is clad in vinyl siding and
has a metal roof." ~ Missouri Department of Natural Resources