CHAPTER XLVIII.

NAMES AND BOUNDARIES OF CONFERENCES.

Alabama Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Southern Railroad, running from Meridian, Miss., to Selma, Ala., and thence on a straight line to Georgia; on the East by Georgia; on the West by Mississippi, and on the South by the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.

Arkansas Conference.—Bounded by the State lines North of the Arkansas River, with an imaginary line running to the Indian Territory and to Perry County. The Arkansas Conference includes all territory in the Northeastern part of the state not included in the Little Rock Conference.

Central Alabama Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad from the line of Mississippi to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, thence along the Alabama Great Southern Railroad to Birmingham, thence along the Southern Railroad to the State line of Georgia; on the East by Georgia; on the West by Mississippi, and on the South by the Alabama Conference; Northport to be included in the Central Alabama Conference.

Central Georgia Conference.—Bounded on the North by the southern boundary line of the Georgia Conference; East by the State line; West by Flint River; South by the South Georgia Conference.

Central Texas Conference.—Beginning at the Northeast corner of Rockwall County, running thence East on parallel 33, across Hunt County, thence Southeast to the M. K. & T. H. R. R. (including South Greenville and Lone Oak in the Central Texas Conference) down to the T. & P. R. R., thence East on the T. & P. R. R. to the 95th meridian, then South to Troupe leaving out the Winona Circuit. Thence North from Troupe, up the I. & G. N. railroad to Longview, thence Southeast down to Tenaha, leaving Beckville Circuit, Carthage Circuit and Post Oak in the East Texas Conference; thence East to the Louisiana state line, beginning from Logansport, La., running West along the Northern boundary lines of the Shelby and Nacogdoches counties and an imaginary line running across Chewokee County to the Naches river (including Lynflat Circuit) thence up to the Naches river to the I. & G. N. R. R., thence South on the I. G. & N. R. R. to Galveston (Houston, Galveston, Trinity and Sunnyside Circuit not included in the Central Texas Conference.) The Southern boundary shall be the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grande. The Western boundary of the Central Texas Conference begins at the Northeast corner of Rockwall County and follows the Eastern boundary of the West Texas Conference to Corsicana, thence along the Southern boundary of the West Texas Conference to the Rio Grande River.

East Texas Conference.—Bounded on the North by Oklahoma; East by Arkansas and Louisiana to the H. E. & W. T. Railroad; West by the H. E. & W. T. Railroad to Lufkin, thence West by an imaginary line to the East boundary line of Anderson County to Trinity River. Texarkana is not included in the East Texas Conference. The H. E. & W. T. Railroad shall not include any part of Timpson circuit.

East Florida Conference.—Bounded on the West by the Aucilla River, and including all that part of the State East of said river.

El Paso-Pacific Mission Conference shall include the following territory to wit: The Pacific Slope from Canada to Mexico, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and such portions of Texas as lies West of the line beginning at the northeast boundary of Winkler County, and extending East on the eastern boundary line of Ward, Reems, Jeff Davis and Presadion counties to the Rio Grande River.

Florida Conference.—Includes all that part of the State of Florida West of the Aucilla River.

Georgia Conference.—Bounded on the North, East and West by the State line; South by the southern boundary line of the following counties: Richmond, Warren, Hancock (except Sparta), Putnam, Jasper, Butts, Spalding, Coweta and Heard.

Illinois Conference includes that part of Missouri South of St. Louis, the State of Illinois and Lake County, Tennessee.

Kentucky and Ohio Conference.—Bounded on the North by the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio; West by the L. & N. Railroad, running from Bowling Green to Elizabethtown, thence to the I. C. Railroad to Cecilia, thence to the I. C. Railroad to Louisville; East and South of the State line.

Louisiana Conference.—Bounded on the North by Arkansas; on the East by the Mississippi River; on the West by Texas; on the South by an imaginary line beginning at the mouth of Red River and running West across the State.

Little Rock Conference.—Bounded by all that part of Arkansas South of the Arkansas River, with an imaginary line running to Oklahoma and to Perry County; also including the city of Texarkana. Little Rock Conference embraces all other territory of the state not included in the Arkansas and Southwest Arkansas Conferences.

Memphis-Jackson Conference.—Bounded on the East by the Tennessee River; on the South by the State of Mississippi; on the West by the Miss. River; on the North by a straight line running parallel with the general course of the L. & N. R. R. to the Tennessee River.

Missouri and Kansas Conference.—Bounded on the East by the Southeast Missouri and Illinois Conference; West by the western boundary line of the State of Colorado; North by Wyoming; South by Oklahoma; said Conference to include the State of Colorado.

Mississippi Conference.—Bounded on the North by 34th parallel of North latitude and North Mississippi Conference; on the East by Alabama; on the South by the line beginning at the southwest corner of Kemper County and running between Lauderdale between Neshoba, Newton, Leake, Scott, and North between Scott and Leake to Pearl River; then Pearl River due west to the town of Canton, then west with the south corporation line to the Black River, then northeast with Black River between Madison and Yazoo Counties to Holmes County, then on the line between Yazoo and Holmes to Washington County, then on a line between Washington and Yazoo counties to Sharkey County, then with the line between Sharkey and Yazoo counties to Issaquena and Sharkey to the southwest corner of Sharkey, due west to the post office or town of Arcadia.

Mississippi Mission Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Mississippi Conference; on the East by Alabama; South by the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana; on the West by Louisiana and the Mississippi River.

Muskogee Conference.—Bounded on the East by Arkansas; on the North by the State line of Kansas so as to include Coffeyville; on the West by Texas, and on the South by Oklahoma Conference; Spiro to be included.

New Orleans Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Louisiana Conference; on the East by the Mississippi River; on the West by Texas; on the South by the Gulf of Mexico.

North Alabama Conference.—Bounded on the North by Tennessee; on the East by Georgia; on the West by Mississippi, and on the South by the Central Alabama Conference; and includes all that portion of the State of Alabama not included in the Alabama and Central Alabama Conferences.

North Carolina Conference includes the State of North Carolina.

N. Mississippi Conference.—Bounded on the North by Tennessee; on the East by Alabama; on the South by the 34th parallel of north latitude, which runs with the south line of the corporation of the town of Okolona in the county of Chickashaw, and between Charleston on the North and Tillatoba on the South. The former in Tallahatchie and the latter in Yallabusha, with Sumner in the Mississippi Conference and Dublin in the North Mississippi Conference to the Mississippi River, and on the West by the Mississippi River.

Oklahoma Conference.—Bounded on the East by Arkansas; on the South by Red River; West by Texas, and North by a line beginning at Harrington and running East to Okafushee to south line of Muskogee Conference.

South Carolina Conference includes the State of South Carolina.

Southwest Arkansas Conference begins at the Northwestern boundary of Howard County and runs eastward along the Northern boundary of Howard County to Hot Springs County; thence South along the Eastern boundary of Clark County to Dallas County; thence across the Northern boundary of Dallas County to the Saline River; thence Southward along the river to the Louisiana state line; thence West to the line of Texas.

South Georgia Conference.—Bounded on the North and East by the northern boundary line of Troupe and Merriwether Counties to Flint River, running South to Dooly County along northern boundary line of Dooly County to Oconee River; down the Oconee River to the Altamaha River, along this river to the State line; South by Florida; West by Alabama.

Southwest Georgia Conference includes all the territory of the state not included in the Georgia, Central Georgia and South Georgia Conferences.

Tennessee Conference.—Bounded on the North by the State line; on the South by Alabama; on the West by the West Tennessee Conference; on the East by the State line.

Texas Conference.—Bounded on the North by the northern boundary lines of the counties of Shelby and Nacogdoches, and an imaginary line running across Cherokee County to the Naches River, including Woodville and Alto circuits, then up the Naches River to the I. & G. N. Railroad; East by the State line so as to take in Palestine and Wells; South by the Gulf of Mexico; West by the Colorado River. Simpson circuit included in the Texas Conference.

Washington and Philadelphia Conference includes the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and District of Columbia.

W. Tennessee Conference is bounded on the North by the Ohio River and Kentucky; on the South by the general course of the L. & N. R. R.; on the East by the Tennessee River and on the West by the Mississippi River.

W. Kentucky Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Ohio River; West by the Mississippi River; East by the Kentucky and Ohio Conference; South by the State line.

West Texas Conference.—Bounded on the East by Grayson, Collins, Rockwell and Dallas counties, down to the southern boundary line of Dallas County to Trinity River, down to Cotton Belt Railroad; South by the East boundary line of Navara and Freestone Counties to the I. & G. N. Railroad to San Antonia and Austin (San Antonia to be included in the West Texas Conference), on the Southern Pacific to Rio Grande River; North by Red River to northern corner of Grayson County.

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