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About Sabine County

Established in 1836.

Sabine County is one of the original 23 counties in the State of Texas, and is the only county of the original 23 that has never altered its county line boundaries. Sabine County is located on the Sabine River at the border of Texas and Louisiana and covers 546 square miles. Six major watercourses cross the county; Patroon, Palo Gaucho, and Housen bayous and Six Mile and Sandy creeks flow east into the Sabine River, and Bear Creek flows along the southwestern edge of the county.

Before 1832 the area was part of the Municipality of Nacogdoches. It belonged to the Municipality of San Augustine from 1832 until 1835, when it became the Municipality of Sabine. A ferry across the Sabine River was established in the northern part of what became Sabine County. In 1796, Michael Crow established Crow’s Ferry. It operated until 1812, when it was purchased by James Gaines and renamed Gaines Ferry. With the help of the Gaines Ferry, communities began to develop in the area. Milam was the original county seat, but in the early 1850’s settlers began to petition the government for a more centrally located county seat. Their basis was on the grounds that Milam was more than five miles from the geographic center of the county. In August of 1858 an election was held, and 160 out of 260 votes were cast in favor of relocation. However, the election could not hold up because there was not an official survey proving Milam was outside the five-mile limit. 

The Toledo Bend groundbreaking ceremony.

The average temperature in Sabine County is about 65 degrees and has an annual precipitation of roughly 54 inches. Sabine County is home to three independent school districts, Hemphill ISD, Brookeland ISD, and West Sabine ISD.

On November 11, 1858, after a survey found Milam to be six and three-quarter miles from the center of the county, another election was held, and a majority again voted for relocation. J. A. Whittelsey, Alex Harris, John H. Smith, George L. Clapp, and C. K. Blanchard, acting as the Sabine County Court, used a survey by E.P. Beddoe and ordered that the county seat be located at the center of the county. The new town was named Hemphill, in honor of John Hemphill, a former Texas Supreme Court justice, who at the time was serving as a United States senator. Hemphill is the county seat with the next largest city in the county being Pineland.

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”A Country Christmas”

”A Country Christmas”

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Churches

Assembly of God
  • Harvest Assembly of God: Bill Shafer, PO Box 128, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-4337
Baptist

  • Antioch Missionary Baptist: Don Snider, 4984 Gravel Hill Rd, Hemphill,TX 75948, 409-787-3749

  • Bethel Chapel Baptist: , PO Box 777, Pineland, TX 75968, 409-584-2461

  • Bethany Baptist: PO Box 7, Milam, TX, 75959, 409-625-4941, Email: rshaddock@windstream.net

  • Bethany Missionary Baptist: Terry Lott, 455 Davis Lane, Bronson, TX 75930, 936-275-5406

  • Brookeland Missionary Baptist: Gary Harper, PO Box 41, Brookeland, TX 75931, 409-698-2865

  • Camp Grounds Baptist: Rusty Hammett, PO Box 4, Milam, TX 75959

  • Camp Springs Missionary Baptist: Vacant, PO Box 218, Hemphill, TX 75948

  • Cedar Grove Baptist: c/o Ms. Lovey Archie, Route 1 Box 1650, Milam, TX, 75959, 409-625-4701, work number: 409-787-3300

  • East Mayfield Baptist: Ron Dunn, PO Box 357, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-3349

  • Fairdale Baptist: 4820 Fairdale Road, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-579-3388, 409-579-9060, Email: office@fairdale.org

  • First Baptist Hemphill: Derek Hicks, PO Box 68, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-3380, Email: derek@fbchemphill.org

  • First Baptist Pineland: Vacant, PO Box 275, Pineland, TX 75968, 409-584-2576

  • Friendship Missionary Baptist: Michael Dickerson, 11500 Highway 87 North, Milam, TX 75959, 409-625-0844

  • Geneva Baptist: Buddy Pratt, PO Box 643, Timpson, TX 75975, 936-275-7131

  • Greenwood Missionary Baptist: Pastor Middleton, 22142 FM 705, Broaddus, TX 75929, 409-584-3733

  • Hemphill Missionary Baptist: Wesley Pate, PO Box 326, Bronson, TX 75930, 409-787-2406

  • Longpines Baptist Church: 8613 FM 83, Pineland, TX 75968, 409-584-1316

  • Macedonia Baptist Church, Hemphill: Joe Gilbert, 150 Macedonia Lane, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-2641

  • New Beginnings Community Baptist: Wayne Alford, 4915 Plainview Road, Pineland, TX 75968, 409-586-4501

  • New Hope Baptist: George Ross, 200 New Hope Drive, Milam, TX 75959, 409-625-4223, Email: newhopepastor15@gmail.com

  • Oak Hill Baptist Church: Rod Jackson, 670 Pleasure Bend Rd, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-579-9805

  • Rayburn Parkway Baptist: Russ Polson, 18689 FM 1751, Bronson, TX 75930, 409-584-8766, 409-584-9062

  • Rosevine Missionary Baptist: Cliff Durham, 655 Rosevine Drive, Bronson, TX 75930, 936-288-1958

  • Six Mile Baptist: Eddye Sunday, 9575 Highway 87 South, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-579-3190, Email: eddye_cherie@windstream.net

  • Yellowpine Macedonia Baptist: T A “Tracy” Lane, PO Box 65, Pineland, TX 75968, 409-584-1144, Email: lane6583@yahoo.com

Catholic
  • St. Pius I Catholic: Father Maria Susai Alvula, 309 Starr Street, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-4189
Church of Christ

  • Hemphill Church of Christ: c/o Pam Haveron, PO Box 1923, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-2625

  • Thomas Johnson Church of Christ: Rickey Sells, 840 Thomas Johnson Road, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-2910

  • Pineland Church of Christ: Larry Bilbo, 10434 FM 83, Pineland, TX 75968, 409-584-2121

Church of God

  • Hemphill Church of God: c/o Johnnie Mae Smith, 200 Reeves Road, Milam, TX 75959, 409-625-1600

  • Strickland Crossing Church of God: Charles Moody, 2971 Beckom Road, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-3427, Email: chrlsmoody@yahoo.com

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: Ronnie Watts, 2066 FM 3184, Shelbyville, TX 75973, 936-368-2966, Email: rgwatts60@wildblue.net
Lutheran
  • Grace Lutheran: Bryan Jones, 12951 Texas Highway, Many, LA 71449, 318-256-3063, 816-244-7342
Methodist

  • Bronson First United Methodist & Liberty Springs United Methodist: Pam Lundberg, 224 CR 404, Etoile, TX 75944, 936-854-3007, 932-401-9334

  • First United Methodist: Grant Barnes, 181 Milam St, PO Box 287, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-2183, 409-787-2181, 214-422-8624, Email: fumchemp@valornet.com, gbarnes52@yahoo.com

  • First United Methodist: Grant Barnes, 602 Temple Ave, Pineland, TX.

  • Free Methodist: Matthew Mote, PO Box 230, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-3820, 936-201-7967, Email: matthew_mote@yahoo.com

  • Liberty Springs United Methodist: 1280 Carter’s Ferry Rd, Milam, TX 75959, 409-625-1831

  • McMahan Chapel United Methodist Church: Martin Doran, Route 2, Box 436, San Augustine, TX 75972, 936-288-0477, Email: Postellcarol@yahoo.com

  • Milam Chapel & Pine Grove United Methodist: Sarah Porter, 612 Davis Street, Lufkin, TX 75904, 936-238-8688, Email: s_porter63@yahoo.com

Pentecostal

  • First Pentecostal: Billy Hennigan, PO Box 1583, Hemphill, TX 75948, 318-256-2560

  • Pinepark United Pentecostal: Rex White, 4701 Highway 184, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-2470

  • Rosevine United Pentecostal: Gordon Simmons, 8285 Gravelhill Road, Bronson, TX 75930, 936-275-2871

Seventh Day Adventist
  • Seventh Day Adventist: Bob Beaty, PO Box 1130, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-3243
Nondenominational, Interdenominational, and Other Denominations

  • Bronson Revival Center: Pat Jacks, PO Box 75, Bronson, TX 75930, 409-586-3202

  • Community Fellowship Interdenominational: B T Skelton, 301 Hillcrest Drive, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-579-2623

  • Knox Chapel SBB Tabernacle: 2190 Wilson, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-3730

  • Only Believe: David & Melda Bartholdi, 211 Worth Street, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-383-4466

  • The Ark: David Barnett, 4461 Temple Road North, Pineland, TX 75968, 936-240-1391, Email: david.barnett@energytransfer.com, Carita Barnett, 936-201-8296, carbarn07@yahoo.com

  • Turning Point Tabernacle: Michael Wright, 705 Temple Rd, PO Box 682, Pineland, TX 75968, 409-584-3855

  • Word of Truth Family Church: Frank Ebarb, PO Box 636, Many, LA 71449, Gary and Jeanette Golden, PO Box 100, Hemphill, TX 75948, 409-787-4231, Email: golden001@windstream.net

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