Pine Island Baptist Church

Historical marker location:

Brumlow and Pine Island Roads, Hempstead, Texas

( 4 miles east of Hempsted on 290, then south on Pine Island to junction with Brumlow)

Marker installed: 1965

Organized in the Hopewell schoolhouse, Aug. 13, 1888, with 13 members. Named for a small grove of pine trees nearby. This building erected in 1900.