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Mashulaville (Elim) Baptist Church

 
 
Mashulaville (Elim) Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 4, 2019
1. Mashulaville (Elim) Baptist Church Marker
Inscription. Constituted May 15, 1835. in a schoolhouse on Hashuqua Creek with fifteen members. Present building erected in 1855. Services held continually since organization.
 
Erected 1981 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 15, 1835.
 
Location. 33° 4.708′ N, 88° 44.894′ W. Marker is near Macon, Mississippi, in Noxubee County. It is on Mississippi Route 490 0.8 miles south of Route 14, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Macon MS 39341, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Mississippi, in the Black Prairie, and in the Golden Triangle. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site (approx. 4.8 miles away); Old Salem School (approx. 7.8 miles away); Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (approx. 9.8 miles away); Summerville Institute (approx. 9.9 miles away); Dancing Rabbit Creek (approx. 10.9 miles away); First Court Term of Noxubee County (approx. 11 miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. 11 miles away); Noxubee County Confederate Monument (approx. 11 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Macon.
 
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Mashulaville (Elim) Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 4, 2019
2. Mashulaville (Elim) Baptist Church Marker
Mashulaville (Elim) Baptist Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 4, 2019
3. Mashulaville (Elim) Baptist Church
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 7, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 762 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 6, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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