Malakoff, TX, United States
First Baptist Church of Malakoff. The St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad built a line through Malakoff in 1880. In 1883 a Union church organized by the Rev. Hezekiah Mitcham, which served both Baptist and Methodists, relocated to a site near the railroad. According to local legend denominational di
fferences which occurred within the church established by Mitcham resulted in 36 of its members establishing this Baptist church in 1884. They called themselves the Missionary Baptist Church of Christ
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