First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a United_methodist church at 1305 West Texas Avenue in Waskom, TX 75692. It is one of 15 churches in Waskom.
1305 West Texas Avenue, Waskom, TX, 75692First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
It takes 2.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Social Isolation: 36.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
- Food Insecurity: 23.2%
- Unemployment: 9.7% (4.1–15.5%)
- Obesity: 38.7%
- Depression: 23.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
- Diabetes: 14.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Waskom city is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 821 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- St Lawrence Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Jesus Full Gospel Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Growth Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Waskom First Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
- Westwood Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Waskom United Pentecostal Church — 1.1 mi away
- Old Border Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 1.3 mi away