The Union Presbyterian Church was too far from the little village of Churchville for many to get to worship services.  It was soon after the end of the Civil War and there was a severe shortage of horses.  So members of three area churches petitioned the Lexington Presbytery to form a new church in the center of the small town.

Since its founding in 1866, Loch Willow Presbyterian Church has been an integral part of the Churchville community.  The church has grown with the town.  The original building has been added to–and remodeled inside a few times –but still stands in its original location. The bell atop Loch Willow has summoned the living and mourned the dead for several generations now.  Countless baptisms, weddings and, of course, funerals have taken place inside its doors.  It has been a constant and reassuring presence through both joyful and troubled times for the people of Churchville.  The church looks to the future with the same optimism that has characterized it in the past.