Meier Settlement United Methodist Church - McLennan County, TX
N 31° 30.584 W 096° 54.838
14R E 698098 N 3487979
The Meier Settlement United Methodist Church is about three miles northeast of Riesel at 146 Meier Settlement Rd in rural McLennan County, TX.
Waymark Code: WM14GW5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2021
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The website on the church sign is no longer valid, but they do have a fairly active presence on Facebook (see Website, below). A 1991 Texas Historical Marker in front of the sanctuary provides some history:
Founded in 1887 by members of the Methodist Congregation in nearby Perry, this church first was known as the Zion Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Construction of a sanctuary began on March 5, 1887. With a membership made up of German immigrants, the congregation conducted all worship services in German until 1922. The church building was used as a public schoolhouse for a time, with the pastors serving as teachers. In 1915 the name was changed to Meier Settlement Methodist Church. It continues to serve the community.
The adjacent Meier Settlement Cemetery is worth a look for cemetery walkers, and if you're lucky, you'll see a few horses in the pasture behind the cemetery. There are some Meier family members buried here -- perhaps the ones who gave the settlement its name -- and there are also a few headstones with German inscriptions. For those who keep up with their oddball Texas history, there is a community by the name of "Zipperlandville" in Falls County, the county just south of this one. The name is a corruption of the Zipperlen family name, and there are a few Zipperlen family members to be found here as well.