Historical Marker

Concord Baptist Church

Historical marker location:
Greenville, Texas
( FM 118, 6 mi. north of Greenville)
Marker installed: 1967

Oldest institution in Hunt County. Organized 1844 by Rev. Ben Watson under a tree near Shady Grove.

First building erected near that spot. Several moves later, congregation settled on this site, 1885.

Concord helped organize Texas Baptist Convention in 1848.