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Pierces Chapel, Texas

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Coordinates: 31°52′44″N 95°22′34″W / 31.87889°N 95.37611°W / 31.87889; -95.37611
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Pierces Chapel, Texas
Unincorporated community
Pierces Chapel is located in Texas
Pierces Chapel
Pierces Chapel
Pierces Chapel is located in the United States
Pierces Chapel
Pierces Chapel
Coordinates: 31°52′44″N 95°22′34″W / 31.87889°N 95.37611°W / 31.87889; -95.37611
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCherokee
Elevation
423 ft (129 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)430 & 903
GNIS feature ID1889542[1]

Pierces Chapel (also Pierce's Chapel) is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States.[1]

History

Pierces Chapel is on Farm Road 747, 14 miles northwest of Rusk, Texas. The community was named for the Methodist church in the community which was named for Bishop George Foster Pierce of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who preached there, when he was going to the annual Texas state conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Pierces Chapel, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Texas State Historical Association-Pierces Chapel, Texas


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