Minters Chapel, Texas
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Minters Chapel is located in Texas Show map of TexasMinters Chapel Minters Chapel Minters Chapel is located in the United States Show map of the United StatesMinters Chapel Minters Chapel | |
| Coordinates: 32°53′08′′N 97°03′38′′W / 32.88556°N 97.06056°W / 32.88556; -97.06056 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Tarrant |
Minters Chapel is a ghost town in eastern Tarrant County in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] The land was acquired by the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport (which later became the International airport) in 1967. The cemetery remains to the west of the airport, in Grapevine.
History
[edit ]Minters Chapel was founded c1854 when Peter's Colony Minister Green Washington Minter (1803-1887) moved to the area and established Minter's Chapel Methodist Church with the help of his son-in-law James Cate. The earliest grave in the church cemetery is that of A.M. Newton in 1857.[2]
The church was relocated to Heritage Ave. following the airports purchase of the land, the cemetery remains unaffected.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Minters Chapel". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ "Minter's Chapel Cemetery". Texas Historical Markers. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
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