A meeting was held at the house of Hiram Griffith, about a mile west of the present site of Evansville, and a Methodist organization was formed by the Rev. Samuel Pillsbury; the 1908 history dates the organization of the Methodist Episcopal church at Evansville to 1840.

The evidence

• “E. Church. — In August, 1840, there being then a number of members of this denomination resident in Evansville, a meeting was held at the house of Hiram Griffith, about one mile west of the present site of the village, and an organization formed by the Rev. Samuel Pillsbury, who had been applied to for that purpose.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 655 / book p. 659

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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