Chapter XVI: Part III: The County Maps

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On the maps the location of each rural church is indicated by a square and the residence of each minister by a cross. Lines connect each church with the residence of its pastor. Therefore the maps show for each church whether it receives the whole or a part of a minister's service, and for each minister how many churches he serves and the distances he must go to reach them and the various parts of his parish.

The capital letters adjacent to each square indicate the denomination of the church. The figures in parentheses and next to the square indicate the enrolled membership. The figures not so enclosed indicate the resident membership. The abbreviations, Inc., Sta., and Dec. indicate whether the membership is increasing, stationary, or declining. Increase or decline in membership, however, is only indicated where it was possible to find the membership of ten or five years ago. When the figures for ten years ago are available, these are taken as a basis for comparison with the membership at the present time. Often the records of the churches are so kept as to make it impossible or very difficult to find the membership of either five or ten years ago.

Shaded squares indicate closed churches. These have no minister and hold no regular services.

Abandoned churches are indicated by black squares. It is believed that large numbers of them were not reported.

Churches marked "Not Organized" do not appear in the tabulations.

In the northwest corner of each township is given its name, while underneath are figures indicating its population. The large circles in the township indicate cities or towns of more than 2,500 inhabitants. Figures in parentheses indicate the number of their population, which number is included in the figures for the township. But in each case where they are not in parentheses the town or city is itself a township. Figures in an oval indicate the number of persons living in the adjacent village or small town.

A key to the maps is here given.

KEY

X Minister's Residence
[open box] Church without resident minister
[solid box] Church abandoned
[x'd box] Church with resident minister
[lined box] Church closed
[circle] Sunday School or Mission

Resident membership is indicated by numerals, enrolled membership by
numerals in parentheses. Inc. denotes increasing membership; Dec.,
decreasing, and Sta., stationary membership.

[oval] Numerals in an oval indicate the population of a village.

AC Advent Christian
AME African Methodist Episcopal
Br Brethren (German Baptist)
Br (OO) Old Order Brethren
Br (Prog.) Progressive Brethren
B Baptist
B (Miss.) Missionary Baptist
B (Col.) Colored Baptist
B (United) United Baptist
BSA Brothers' Society of America
C Christian
Ca Catholic
CM Calvin Methodist
CMA Christian Missionary Alliance
CNJ Church of New Jerusalem
CS Christian Science
CU Christian Union
D Disciples
DNP Disciples, Non-Progressive
E Protestant Episcopal
EvA Evangelical Association
F Friends
FM Free Methodist
FWB Free Will Baptist
G Church of God
GEv German Evangelical
GME German Methodist Episcopal
H Holiness
IBA International Bible Students Association
L Lutheran
LDS Latter-Day Saints
M Mennonite
Mor Moravian
ME Methodist Episcopal
MP Methodist Protestant
Naz Nazarene
P Presbyterian
PB Primitive Baptist
R Reformed
RUB Radical United Brethren
S Saints
SDA Seventh Day Advent
SDB Seventh Day Baptist
U Union
UB United Brethren
UP United Presbyterian
UEv United Evangelical
Uv Universalist
USS Union Sunday School
WM Wesleyan Methodist