Allen's Chapel Methodist Church and Cemetery

In 1842, a Methodist Episcopal Church, South, congregation organized and built a log chapel on land given by Wilson Allen. Early leaders were the Revs. J.H. Graham and J.W.P. McKenzie; trustees and family names included Allen, Hamil, Ramsey, Wheeler, Spence, Stroud, Meade, Dutton, Johnson, Cobb, Massengale and Prickett. The settlement was called Allen's Chapel Community. Due to declining attendance, the church disbanded in 1916. Ministering again to the larger church community, former members gave the church and its fixtures to the local Vineyard Grove Baptist congregation in 1926. The graveyard, still used and maintained by a community cemetery association, remains a landmark to the early settlement. (2002)

Allen's Chapel Methodist Church and Cemetery is a historical marker in Honey Grove, Fannin County, dedicated in 2002. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Fannin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 262 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.6447, -95.9454 near Honey Grove. The nearest cataloged historic site is Allens Chapel Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Allen-Morgan Cemetery, Vineyard Grove Baptist Church, and Vineyard Grove Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5147012911. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.