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Premont, [[Texas (USA)|Texas]], a town (population was 2,500 in 1959, 2,772 in 2000) located in the southern part of Jim Wells County in southern Texas. There are 59 Mennonites living within shop­ping distance of Premont, who represent the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) and [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] (MB) groups, each of which has a church. There have been Mennonites in this area for 30 years. The surrounding area is largely agricultural and ranch country, with some oil and gas. The Mennonite Brethren maintain a mission for Latin Americans.
 
Premont, [[Texas (USA)|Texas]], a town (population was 2,500 in 1959, 2,772 in 2000) located in the southern part of Jim Wells County in southern Texas. There are 59 Mennonites living within shop­ping distance of Premont, who represent the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) and [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] (MB) groups, each of which has a church. There have been Mennonites in this area for 30 years. The surrounding area is largely agricultural and ranch country, with some oil and gas. The Mennonite Brethren maintain a mission for Latin Americans.
 
 
 
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Premont, Texas, a town (population was 2,500 in 1959, 2,772 in 2000) located in the southern part of Jim Wells County in southern Texas. There are 59 Mennonites living within shop­ping distance of Premont, who represent the Mennonite Church (MC) and Mennonite Brethren (MB) groups, each of which has a church. There have been Mennonites in this area for 30 years. The surrounding area is largely agricultural and ranch country, with some oil and gas. The Mennonite Brethren maintain a mission for Latin Americans.


Author(s) H. F Reist
Date Published 1959

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Reist, H. F. "Premont (Texas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Premont_(Texas,_USA)&oldid=84177.

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Reist, H. F. (1959). Premont (Texas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Premont_(Texas,_USA)&oldid=84177.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 214. All rights reserved.


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