Near Elkton in Cecil County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Big Elk Chapel

Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., November 28, 2018

1. Big Elk Chapel Marker

Inscription. Big Elk Methodist Episcopal Church, known as the Big Elk Chapel, is located at Flounders Corner on a parcel of land originally part of the New Munster Tract. In 1877 the Rev. John France of Cherry Hill Methodist Episcopal Church held a great revival here in a tent. As a result, the society was organized and the church built the same year. The horse shed was built in 1902. In 1964 the Big Elk Chapel merged with Cherry Hill United Methodist Church.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1877.

Location. 39° 41.312′ N, 75° 50.475′ W. Marker is near Elkton, Maryland, in Cecil County. It is at the intersection of Gallaher Road and Big Elk Church Road, on the right when traveling north on Gallaher Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elkton MD 21921, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington, on the Eastern Shore,

and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: “New Munster” (approx. one mile away); Rock Presbyterian Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Head of Christiana Presbyterian Church (approx. 2.9 miles away in Delaware); Revolutionary War Patriots in Head of Christiana Cemetery (approx. 2.9 miles away in Delaware); The Wedge (approx. 3 miles away in

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Delaware); Wilna (approx. 3½ miles away); a different marker also named The Wedge (approx. 3.6 miles away in Delaware); Vic Willis (approx. 4.1 miles away in Delaware). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elkton.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Wedge (was approx. 3.6 miles away in Delaware but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

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Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., December 22, 2018

2. Big Elk Chapel

Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., December 22, 2018

3. Big Elk Chapel Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 20, 2018, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 994 times since then and 39 times this year. Last updated on March 21, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on December 20, 2018, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. 2, 3. submitted on December 23, 2018, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.