Near Palmyra in Marion County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Site of First Preaching in County

Photographed by Jason Voigt, May 11, 2020

1. Site of First Preaching in County Marker

Inscription. 1820 1934
Site of first
preaching in county

Erected 1934 by Mt. Zion Ladies.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1820.

Location. 39° 45.726′ N, 91° 31.126′ W. Marker is near Palmyra, Missouri, in Marion County. It can be reached from U.S. 24/61 0.7 miles south of Business U.S. 61, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located at Palmyra Roadside Park, which is on a road just off of U.S. Highways 24 and 61. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Palmyra MO 63461, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Missouri’s Mark Twain Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Home of Jane Darwell (approx. 1.7 miles away); Gardner House (approx. 2.4 miles away); Speigle House (approx. 2.4 miles away); Palmyra Massacre (approx. 2.6 miles away); Palmyra Confederate Monument (approx. 2.6 miles away); George Shannon (approx. 2.6 miles away); Palmyra (approx. 2.6 miles away); Potawatomi Emigration (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Palmyra.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, May 11, 2020

2. Site of First Preaching in County Marker

At Palmyra Roadside Park

Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 302 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 12, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.