Gainestown Methodist Church and Cemetery

The Gainestown Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist congregation building in rural Gainestown, Alabama, set alongside its original cemetery. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1999, recognized for its architectural significance as a rare surviving example of early Methodist rural church construction in the Deep South. Buildings of this type — typically modest timber-frame structures — served as the social and spiritual anchors of 19th-century frontier communities. The adjacent cemetery makes it a practical resource for genealogical research into early families of Monroe County.