LYNCHES CHAPEL, TX LYNCHES CHAPEL, TEXAS. Lynches Chapel was six
miles west of Alto in southwestern Cherokee County. The site was
first settled in the late 1840s or early 1850s by immigrants
from the Old South. A Methodist Episcopal church, founded around
1860 and known as Lynches Chapel, became the focus of the
community. A school, Hendrick School, operated in the community
from 1884 to 1916. In the mid-1930s Lynches Chapel comprised the
church, a sawmill, a cotton gin, a gristmill, a furniture shop,
and a number of houses. After World War II many of the residents
left the area, but in the 1990s the church and a few scattered
dwellings still remained. Cherokee County History (Jacksonville,
Texas: Cherokee County Historical Commission, 1986). Marker
Files, Texas Historical Commission, Austin. The following,
adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the
preferred citation for this article.Christopher Long, "LYNCHES
CHAPEL, TX," Handbook of Texas Online
(http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/onlin