Old Center Methodist Church was organized in 1859. Its first building was a log structure located just northwest of the present building. In the 1870's it was part of the Newton Circuit and was served by a minister who lived in the parsonage at Newton, came by horseback, and preached once a month. The second church was a wood structure built from hand sawn timber, with Mr. Taylor Harrison as head carpenter. In 1956, the current brick structure was built. In 1858, Jehoiakim (Acom) and his wife Argent Gay Brannon gave ten acres of land for the church and cemetery. Acom was killed in May 1864 while serving in the Confederate Army and is buried in the Marietta National Cemetery in Georgia. The oldest known grave is for William J. Cureton, a Revolutionary War soldier who died in 1833. The cemetery also contains fourteen known Civil War soldiers as well as soldiers who served in World War One, World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam, and it has over 870 known graves. The Old Center Cemetery was listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register in 2007.