WOODLAND MILLS

The First Baptist Church of Woodland Mills was organized in 1869, by a group of fifteen members who came from the Poplar Grove Baptist Church near State Line, Kentucky. These loyal pioneers were determined to provide a place for the worship of God since no other church had been established in the area. Mr. Swannie Burrus, a charter member and one of the first deacons, donated a piece of land northeast of Speed's Lime and Gravel, where the first church building was constructed. In 1896, this building was sold to Dan Rice used the material to build a house and a larger building was erected on the same site. In 1925, during a drive for more modern and consolidated schools, the land and building were sold and the Woodland Mills School building, which is the property where the church is now located was purchased from the county. In 1926, the school building was remodeled, and a basement was added later in 1939. In 1942, a building fund was begun to add the present sanctuary. The ground..