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Black plaque № 20148

Crockett, TX, United States

First Baptist Church of Crockett. A Baptist church, led by pioneer James T. Heplin, was meeting in Crockett as early as 1846. A second Baptist congregation was formally organized in 1850. Named Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Crockett, the congregation built a sanctuary on El Camino Real, now known as Ea

st Houston Avenue. A frame structure, completed about 1874 and known as Crockett Baptist Church at North 7th Street and East Houston, served the congregation until 1910. In that year the church, renam

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