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History on
a Pinhead
For an interesting name, the community is woefully
short on history. Settled in the mid 1870s, the community only has
population figures for 1940 (25 residents) and 2000 (200 residents).
The site is now noted for being an East
Texas radar weather station.
See Chalk Hill Community Church
Historical Marker |
>Chalk Hill Community
Church historical marker
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, 2011 |
Historical Marker:
6 miles west of Tatum via FM 1797 to
FM 1716
Chalk Hill
Community Church
Worship services
began about 1917 in the Chalk Hill schoolhouse until a church building
was erected in 1921. Materials for the community church were purchased
through donations solicited from the citizens of Chalk Hill. In 1925
the women sold baked goods and quilts to purchase a piano for the
church. Through the years the structure has served the Baptist, Apostolic,
Methodist and Presbyterian denominations. Owned by the community,
the building continues to serve as a spiritual and social center of
the Chalk Hill area.
(1996) |
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