24 - BLANCONIA (OLD N2) CHURCH
On State Highway 202, Southeast of Beeville
The
first Baptist church in Refugio County was organized on April 22,1855, and met
in the Doughty schoolhouse near Refugio. In 1865, the first sanctuary was
erected (Smiles west) and named for the cattle brand of member and benefactor
N.R. McDaniel. The Blanco Baptist Association was organized at the “N2” church
in 1873. In 1888 the fellowship moved to Blanconia where the first sanctuary on
this site was built in 1891. One of the oldest Baptist churches in South Texas,
Blanconia church served as a nucleus for growth of area churches and has
ordained several pastors.
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