Union Springs Baptist Church
Corrigan, Polk County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Organized in 1860s by first seven families in area. Brother Jimmy Knox was first pastor. Original pegged log cabin church, heated by a fireplace, had hand-riven board roof, split-log floors, seats. More modern buildings erected 1885 and 1955.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Union Springs Baptist Church was organized in the 1860s by the first seven families to settle this corner of Polk County, with Brother Jimmy Knox as its first pastor. The original church was a pegged log cabin warmed by a fireplace, with a hand-riven board roof, split-log floors, and split-log seats. More modern buildings followed in 1885 and 1955 as the congregation grew.
Why it matters
The church's humble log-cabin origins capture how frontier settlers made faith and community the first institutions of a new settlement in the East Texas piney woods.
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