McKenzie College (Texas)

This is about the historical college in Clarksville, Texas, USA. For the college in Nova Scotia, Canada, see McKenzie College (Nova Scotia). For the defunct colleges in Tennessee, USA, see McKenzie College (Tennessee) and McTyeire College.
McKenzie College
Dormitories at McKenzie College
TypePrivate
Active1841–1868
AffiliationMethodist
Location
Clarksville
,
Texas
,
United States
CampusRural
421 acres

McKenzie College, also called McKenzie's College, was a private college located on the plantation of Reverend John W. P. McKenzie, a Methodist minister, in Clarksville, Texas, United States. Starting in 1841, the school grew from 16 students educated in a log cabin to over 300 students and 9 faculty members occupying four large buildings in 1854.[a][2] It was the largest institution of higher education in Texas during the 1850s and 1860s. Before the American Civil War began, it trained almost all of the new Methodist ministers in the state. Unable to retain financial support after the War, Rev. McKenzie closed the school in June, 1868.[1] He served for a year as the first president of another Methodist school, Marvin College in Waxahachie, Texas, then completely retired from church-related work. He died in Clarksville on June 20, 1881.

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  2. ^ "McKenzie College". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved 2009-11-03.


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