AREA HISTORY:  The Evangelical Church, Penn Township, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH – Page 696

The Evangelical Church at Blooming Grove was built in 1882, at a cost of $800.  
The dedicatory services were conducted by Rev. G. H. Schley, of East Prospect, in 
November, 1882.  The building committee consisted of the pastor of the 
congregation, Rev. P. F. Jarrett, E. R. Kessler and F. S. Stover.  This 
congregation has about 40 members.  The Sunday-school at this place is 
prosperous.  It has been in existence for a number of years, and kept up as a 
Union school; at present it is under the efficient management of M. Gephart, who 
is widely known in the vicinity of Hanover as an excellent Sunday-school worker.  
The membership is seventy-five pupils and teachers.  Wildasin’s Meeting House was 
built about 1840, as a place of worship for Reformed Lutherans and German 
Baptists.  Since Dub’s Church has been built it is used only by the last named 
denomination.