Approximately one-half mile north of here is the original site of Alabama's oldest Missionary Baptist church. The congregation was organized on June 3, 1809, as the West Fork of Flint River Church and was renamed Enon Church shortly thereafter. John Canterbury was called as the first pastor on August 5, 1809. The group became a charter member of the Flint River Baptist Association in 1814. Services were held in members' homes until a log meetinghouse was completed in 1813. That building served until 1825, when a brick church was constructed three miles northeast of Meridianville. In 1861, under the leadership of Pastor Eugene Strode, the congregation moved to Huntsville. Enon Baptist Church was renamed First Baptist Church of Huntsville in 1895.