Mount Olive, Texas. (original) (raw)
Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church
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Historical Marker (on CR 237):
Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery
Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church was organized in July 1899 with nineteen charter members in the community of North Bennett. The new church adopted the articles of faith of the Old Harmony Baptist Association and called Elder W. W. Fowler as first pastor. The church purchased 15 acres of land in 1901 for a house of worship and cemetery. The church building also was used as a school-house and was shared with other denominations.
Area population declined during World War ll, and by 1999 the church had four members. In addition to several of the church's charter members, many of the early settlers of the community are interred here, as are veterans of the U. S. Armed Forces.
With more than 150 graves in 1999, the cemetery continues to serve the entire community.
(1999)
Mount Olive History
"Mount Olive was at the site of the mountain from which its gets its name, ten miles northeast of Goldthwaite in eastern Mills County. The community was established in 1877; early settlers included John Neal, J. J. Wilcox, and Thomas Huckabee, Sr. At its height, the Mount Olive community had a store, a school, and several churches. The community declined rapidly in the first part of the 1900s, but its school remained until 1947, when it was consolidated with those of Goldthwaite. By the 1980s Mount Olive had been abandoned."
Julius A. Amin, �Mount Olive, TX (Mills County),� Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 03, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mount-olive-tx-mills-county. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Just down the road from Mount Olive is Caradan
1940s Mills County map showing Caradan
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
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