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PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HISTORY
In 1867 a Methodist Society was organized. Sunday School had 15 members.
In 1876 the First Methodist Episcopal Church was organized and incorporated.
The First Methodist church was built for worship in 1879. The Columbus - Silver Creek - Fairview Parish was organized in 1975 and dissolved
in 1985.
Columbus Journal, April 23, 1902
The Methodist church and parsonage are undergoing some improvements, over $500 having been subscribed. A new roof has already been put on the church, and the inside will be repapered. A kitchen and bath room will be added to the parsonage. A committee of the church have a proposition under advisement to decide whether more extensive improvements shall be put in.
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