In 1866, through the efforts of Mr. Daniel Baker, the first Methodist Protestant Church was built in Buckeystown, MD. The first church was made possible by a land grant from the owner of the Springdale Farm. The original church was a brick structure and was erected on the same site as the church of today. The parsonage, a brick structure, was built in 1885, directly across the street from the church. In 1896 the current church building was completed. Mr. William G. Baker, the then president of the Board of Trustees, was instrumental in building the present church, for a cost of $16,000. At the dedication in December 1896, Judge A.W. Nicodemus, Chairman of the Board of Stewards, on behalf of the congregation, presented the church entirely free of debt, to the pastor, Rev. Webster M. Strayer and the Board of Trustees. In April 1910, the record showed 267 members, that included about 50 boys from the Buckingham Industrial School, founded by William G. Baker.

Twenty-five ministers have served Buckeystown United Methodist Church over the years.

• 1892-1902 Rev. Wm. M. Strayer;
• 1903-1908 Rev. E.G. Makosky;
• 1909-1911 Rev. L.F. Warner;
• 1912-1915 Rev. Arva Donovan;
• 1916-1919 Rev. R.L. Shipley;
• 1919-1927 Rev. J.W. Kirk;
• 1927-1942 Rev. C.E. Dryden;
• 1942-1944 Dr. John Bayley Jones;
• 1944-1947 Rev. Charles I. Wallace;
• 1947-1949 Rev. E.A. Sexsmith;
• 1949-1953 Rev. John W. Rosenberger;
• 1953-1956 Rev. K.W. Goodell;
• 1956-1958 Dr. Haskell M. Miller;
• 1958-1960 Rev. Charles Shook;
• 1960-1963 Rev. Nicoli Grenci;
• 1963-1967 Rev. Kenneth Hamrick;
• 1967-1968 Rev. Gary Reeves;
• 1968-1970 Rev. Lewis Buckler;
• 1970-1971 Rev. Wesley Scouten;
• 1971-1976 Rev. William C. Kercheval and the Rev. William L. Pyles, Assistant Pastor;
• 1976-1979 Rev. Ronald Ellis;
• 1979-1998 Rev. George Shearer;
• 1998-1999 Pastor Joe Parker;
• 2000 to the present Rev. Linda Healy.

Additional land adjoining the church was dedicated to the church over the years. They were:

• Mr. H.N. Hicks in July 1954
• Mr. Princeton Buckey in October 1955
• Mr. William Landis in June 1956

The Haskell M. Miller Hall, adjoining the church, was completed in 1958. The building was dedicated on December 8, 1963, upon completion of the mortgage payments.

On December 8, 1970 the Lawrence C. Fry Memorial, consisting of the altar, pulpit, lectern, brass vases, and offering plates and the Mabel Schwartz Memorial consisting of the paraments, were dedicated. Since then new paraments have been purchased and donated by Pamela Beachley and Laura Gray. The Baptismal font, made and given by Richard L. Shoemaker, was dedicated in honor of Dr. A. Talbott Brice, a Jefferson physician, on Sunday, November 28, 1971.

Part of the vision and the latest edition to the church is the new parking lot and lights. These were completed in the latter part of 2003. Additionally in 2003, a new marquis was added in memory of Jami Buck who was an inspiration to the youth of the church. The marquis was dedicated in the spring of 2004, upon its completion.