The town of Hamburg was established in 1848, and by 1850 the people decided it would be the seat of government for the county. A small one-room log building was constructed and used for the courthouse. This also served the community for worship and school for a few years.
Sometime between 1848 and 1850 a woman by the name of Mary E. Bond organized the first church school in Hamburg. By 1850 there were enough Methodists in Hamburg that a minister, Reverend Peter Haskew, was sent by the Conference. His congregation built a small one-room church - the first church building in Hamburg. This church was used until 1858 when the Hamburg Methodist Church South purchased, at a cost of $125.00, the property where the present sanctuary is located. A frame church building was constructed on the site. The church bell was struck in England and shipped to New Orleans where it was brought up the river to Marie Saline Landing, arriving on the day President Lincoln was assassinated. The bell was transported by wagon to the church. This bell was one of three in Hamburg and it tolled for services and funerals and rang out for fires and great celebrations. This bell was transferred to the new church building in 1911. The church progressed and added many new members.