Corinth was a once-thriving community in Van Zandt County, settled during the 1800s with a gin, grist mill, blacksmith shop, doctor's office, sawmill, stores, and a school in its early years. A post office established in 1888 operated until 1906. An early county history records that a school existed on this property in 1849, taught by professor James J. Kuykendall, and that the log schoolhouse also served the Baptist congregation. About 1899 it was replaced by a two-story building where the Oddfellows also met, and a third schoolhouse built in 1916 was later sold to the church for Sunday School classrooms. Little is known about the origin of the Baptist congregation because early church records were destroyed by fire. The earliest pastor on record is the Rev. Thomas McAdams Post, who came in 1884, served a membership of 25, and is buried in the adjacent cemetery. A Civil War veteran, he is buried among several other Civil War veterans and many early settlers in the Corinth area. Today, the church and cemetery are all that remain of the community, whose history remains an important part of Van Zandt County heritage.