Cedar Creek Community
Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas
Marker Inscription
CEDAR CREEK COMMUNITY Located halfway between San Felipe de Austin and the town of Washington, Cedar Creek existed from the mid-1830s to the early 1850s. Cedar creek was inhabited by Methodists and became the center for the Texas Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1849, Chappell Hill was founded by the Cedar Creek Community. Chappell Hill M.E. Church became the hub of Methodism in central Texas. The community folded into the town of Chappell hill two miles south of the Cedar Creek Camp meeting site. The land reverted to farmland by the end of the civil war. Today, the site is on private property north of the Chappell Hill Masonic Cemetery. Rocks laid around the community spring are still visible. (2014)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Cedar Creek was a Methodist settlement that thrived between the mid-1830s and early 1850s, halfway between San Felipe de Austin and the town of Washington, and became a center of the Texas Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1849 its residents founded nearby Chappell Hill, which grew into the hub of Methodism in central Texas as the older community faded into it. By the end of the Civil War the site had reverted to farmland, and today only rocks around the community spring remain.
Why it matters
The vanished settlement marks the frontier religious communities that seeded the towns and churches of early Anglo Texas.
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