Pin Oak Church - near New Truxton, MO
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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: WMVMXD
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2017
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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
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
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