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Walnut Creek United Methodist Church

Established 1820.
Arthur Love, a charter member, was first pastor.
Organized as a Methodist Episcopal Church.
Became Methodist Protestant, 1828.
Changed to Methodist Church, 1939.
Affiliated with United Methodist, 1968.
In the original church built of logs, Judge James Q. Smith, Montgomery, in 1869,
presided at first court held
in Baker Co. (now Chilton).
Circa 1875, a frame building replaced log church.
Present brick building erected 1935.
Walnut Creek United Methodist Church has always maintained a progressive Sunday School.
[1978: 314 Co. Rd 458, Clanton 32.85462N  86.59857W]