Earlton Methodist Church
Known names: Earlton Methodist Church, Union Church of Jacksonville
Denomination: Methodist Episcopal
Established: 1842
Present day: This congregation no longer meets at this location. Date of closure currently unknown.
Known Physical Locations: 1504 Route 81, Earlton, NY 12058, Coordinates: 42.35575, -73.89875 (Current location of the Earlton Post Office)
Historical Background
Earlton Methodist Church celebrated its 85th anniversary March 22, 1942. In 1857, the Evangelical Lutherans organized and built the present building and continued to have services there until March 13, 1879, when the church was reorganized as a Union Church. The minister at that time came from the Medway Church. It remained a Union Church until Sept. 25, 1929, when a unanimous vote of the congregation ordered that the Union church of Earlton unite with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Since that time the church has been supplied by the Methodist ministers from the Methodist conference, the Rev. Charles J. F. Keil being the first...
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Church Records
The location and accessibility of the historical records of this church are to be determined.