The Hilton Methodist Episcopal Church, South was organized in 1850. Its first church was erected one mile southwest of Hilton on the Lower River Road. After the Civil War, that structure was sold and services were conducted in an arbor. E. Hilton deeded land to the church trustees for the present church site on November 1, 1889. The pegged-frame building for the Hilton Methodist Church was built in 1890, and the social hall was added in 1973.