St. Clair County Missouri
Churches
PAPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Submitted by Mary Zeiler
From St. Clair County Library Files
(History of Tiffin Baptist):
The original town of Tiffin was at the confluence of
Little Clear Creek and Big Clear
Creek, several miles North of the present town of
Tiffin. From the “History of Henry and
St. Clair Counties we learned that Tiffin was the only
village and postoffice in
Speedwell
Township.
At that time, Clear Creek was a large stream and there
was a mill known as Pape’s Mill
owned by Gideon Pape. He owned the land and put up the
first store in 1876. In July
1876 the first postoffice in Speedwell Township was
established and Gideon Pape was
Postmaster. Old Tiffin later became known as Pape.
A non-denominational church building was erected and
paid for by subscribers. Some
members (Baptists) moved to the present site of Tiffin
Baptist Church by the year 1892.
The original building became the Pape Christian
Church.
Submitted by Mary Zeiler