Green Cove Springs in Clay County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Hickory Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 2, 2017

1. Hickory Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Hickory Grove Baptist Church was organized in 1863, and the church’s congregation first worshiped here in one of the earliest buildings constructed in Clay County. The church was named for a grove of hickory trees that grew here. The original sanctuary was constructed of old growth yellow pine logs that were hewn by the volunteer labor of a detachment of Confederate soldiers stationed in Green Cove Springs. When the log building became unsafe for use, the congregation relocated to a nearby school house on Highland Street, where it remained until a sanctuary was rebuilt in 1913 on the location of the original church. When Highway 16 was rerouted, the church sold the 1913 building to the Florida Highway Department and purchased property on nearby South Oakridge Avenue for construction of a masonry block sanctuary. It was completed in 1955. The church’s cemetery is one of the oldest in Clay County and includes more than 300 graves, the oldest of which dates to 1849. The cemetery’s distinctive architectural features include obelisk markers and family plots surrounded by wrought iron fences.

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Grove Baptist Church and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-783.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.

Location. 29° 59.068′ N, 81° 42.077′ W. Marker is in Green Cove Springs, Florida, in Clay County. It is on Idlewild Avenue (Florida Route 16) 0.2 miles west of Sunset Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Green Cove Springs FL 32043, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in First Coast

and in Greater Jacksonville.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 2, 2017

2. Hickory Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery Marker

as the crow flies: Dedicated To Those Who Served (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Augusta Savage - Sculptor, Teacher, Civil Rights Activist (approx. one mile away); Remember Our Fallen (approx. 1.1 miles away); Old Clay County Courthouse (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Village Improvement Association Woman's Club (approx. 1.4 miles away); Veterans War Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Dr. Applegate House (approx. 1½ miles away); Green Cove Springs (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Green Cove Springs.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 4, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2017, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,604 times since then and 116 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 2, 2017, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.