First United Methodist Church of Hewitt

Methodist settlers in this area worshiped at Stanford Chapel, organized about 1875 eight miles west of Hewitt. Hewitt Baptists and Methodists formed a union Sunday school in town sometime before 1895. The Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church assigned the Rev. Stephen W. Turner to the newly formed Hewitt circuit in 1900 and the Hewitt Methodist Church was organized that year. Stanford Chapel disbanded in 1912; some of its members joined Hewitt Methodist Church. The Stanford Chapel tabernacle was moved to Hewitt in 1922 and used for summer revivals for several years. The Hewitt Methodist Church became a full station in 1953. Celebrating its centennial in the year 2000, the congregation counts among its members descendants of its founding families. (2000)

First United Methodist Church of Hewitt is a historical marker in Hewitt, McLennan County, dedicated in 2000. It is one of 198 historical markers documented in McLennan County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 224 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4546, -97.1904 near Hewitt. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hewitt Baptist (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Brazos River Transmission Electric Cooperative, Zion United Church of Christ, and Stanford Chapel.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5309012321. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.