Near Wallace in Parke County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
First Church Built in Parke County 1828
Wolf Creek Church and Cemetery
Photographed by Al Wolf, August 6, 2008
1. Wolf Creek Church Marker
This Marker - Church -and- Cemetery is South of Wallace, Indiana::: Just over the border line in Parke County Indiana.
Erected 1960.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Notable Buildings • Notable Events • Notable Places • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.
Location. 39° 57.094′ N, 87° 9.261′ W. Marker is near Wallace, Indiana, in Parke County. It can be reached from County Line Road near County Road 317. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wallace IN 47988, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana and in the Wabash Valley. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Phanuel Lutheran Church - - Jackson Township (approx. 2½ miles away); The Lusk Family (approx. 4.4 miles away); The Lusk Home (approx. 4½ miles away); Working In A Drift Mine (approx. 4.8 miles away); Life After Mining (approx. 4.8 miles away); Arthur C. Newby (approx. 5 miles away); Dorothy Madden Hobson Luther (approx. 5.1 miles away); Welcome to the Turkey Run Inn (approx. 5.4 miles away).
More about this marker. Directions to the marker from Wallace: follow State Road 341 to State Road 234. At intersection go straight ahead
this page online
Photographed by Al Wolf, August 6, 2008
2. Marker from Rear in a Wide View
Wolf Creek Cemetery to the North of the Wolf Creek Church Marker.
Photographed by Phil Millspaugh, October 6, 2013
3. First Church Built in Parke County 1828 Marker
Photographed by Phil Millspaugh, October 6, 2013
4. First Church Built in Parke County 1828 Marker
Photographed by Phil Millspaugh, October 6, 2013
5. First Church Built in Parke County 1828 Marker
Photographed by Phil Millspaugh, October 6, 2013
6. First Church Built in Parke County 1828 Marker
Photographed by Phil Millspaugh, October 6, 2013
7. First Church Built in Parke County 1828 Marker
Photographed by Phil Millspaugh, October 6, 2013
8. First Church Built in Parke County 1828 Marker
Photographed by Phil Millspaugh, October 6, 2013
9. First Church Built in Parke County 1828 Marker
Photographed by Phil Millspaugh, October 6, 2013
10. First Church Built in Parke County 1828 Marker
Photographed by Al Wolf, August 6, 2008
11. Wolf Creek Church Marker
Entire structure looks like some type of stone or possibly concrete casting. (The STYLE of this Marker is very close to one in Decatur, Illinois - - which notes the First Court House in which Abraham Lincoln served.)
Photographed by Al Wolf, August 6, 2008
12. Current - - Wolf Creek Church
This frame structured Church replaced the original Church and is at the North/West Edge of Wolf Creek Cemetery.
Courtsey - Decatur Public Library
13. Decatur, Illinois - "Lincoln Marker"
The close style between these two markers is quite striking. Physically they so far apart (about 120 miles) yet so close in style.
Photographed by Al Wolf, October 4, 2008
14. Wolf Creek Marker Wins - - It Existed First....
Click on photo above and you will see that the Lincoln Marker was erected June 5, 1973, whereas the Wolf Creek Marker has a date of 1960. Could the Wolf Creek version have been the inspiration for the one in Decatur?
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 2,430 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 6, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 7, 2013, by Phil Millspaugh of Terre Haute, Indiana. 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on October 8, 2013, by Phil Millspaugh of Terre Haute, Indiana. 11, 12. submitted on August 6, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. 13. submitted on August 7, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. 14. submitted on October 12, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
