Pruitt, TX, United States
Pruitt Baptist Church and Pruitt Community. Named for Adelia Pruitt, the first postmistress, the town of Pruitt began in the 1880s. It included a cotton gin, blacksmith shop, general store, barber shop, Woodmen of the World lodge, drug store, school, Methodist church, and congregational church. The
Pruitt Baptist Church was organized in 1896 by Malinda Ashworth and E. R. Crocker. In 1912 a church building was erected for the Baptist congregation one mile west of this site. The sanctuary was move
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