Details for Oakhurst Center Hill Church and Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5407007663
Data
| Marker Number | 7663 |
| Atlas Number | 5407007663 |
| Marker Title | Oakhurst Center Hill Church and Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Oakhurst Center Hill Church and Cemetery |
| Address | |
| City | Oakhurst |
| County | San Jacinto |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 279402 |
| UTM Northing | 3403189 |
| Subject Codes | churches; cemetery |
| Marker Year | 1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from Oakhurst, east on US 190 about .9 mi., then south .1 mi. on dirt road |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | In area settled by 1830s, five successive buildings -- the first a log cabin, Hibbetts Church -- have stood here as community worship centers. Since all faiths used early building, it came to be called "Union Center," then "Center Hill." Site was actually privately owned until Sept. 3, 1882, when Russell Roark deeded 5-acre cemetery and church site to Center Hill community. In the 1890s, a Baptist group assumed care of cemetery and church. In 1938, Annual Homecoming (fourth Sunday in June) was instituted. |