Louise, TX, United States
Louise Methodist Church. The town of Louise was founded in 1881 on the route of the New York, Texas and Mexican railway. Named for the daughter of railroad director D. E. Hungerford, it soon became a shipping and marketing center for this area. In 1891, ten years after the town was founded, The Rev.
John Ovall, a missionary from Victoria, called a meeting of Methodists in the area to organize a church. Named Louise Methodist Church, the congregation built its first house of worship in 1893. The
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