Newark in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Old Welsh Tract Church

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 3, 2010

1. Old Welsh Tract Church Marker

Inscription. Oldest Primitive Baptist Church in America

Erected 1954 by Delaware Chapter of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list.

Location. 39° 39.024′ N, 75° 45.111′ W. Marker is in Newark, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is on Welsh Tract Road 0.1 miles west of South College Avenue (Delaware Route 896), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Newark DE 19713, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 New Netherland

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and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Original Home of George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers (approx. 0.6 miles away); Iron Hill (approx. 0.8 miles away); Robert V. Yost (approx. 0.8 miles away); Exploring the Past of Pencader Hundred (approx. 0.8 miles away); The March Through Pencader (approx. 0.8 miles away); In the Beginning … (approx. 0.8 miles away); Historic Iron Ore Mining (approx. 0.8 miles away); Welsh Tract (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newark.

Another marker is no longer nearby. New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad (was approx. 0.8 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . Welsh Tract Baptist Church - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.

To this land near Iron Hill, a group of sixteen Baptists travelled in 1703 from the counties of Pembroke and Caermarthen in Wales. After a short stay in Philadelphia, they took up land in New Castle County. The group had already been constituted a church in Wales, and when they settled
Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 3, 2010

2. Old Welsh Tract Church Marker
Entrance to Welsh Tract churchyard. Marker on the church lists its date of construction as 1746
on the Welsh Tract, they proceeded to build the third Baptist Meeting House in America...In 1746 the present meeting house was built, containing, according to church records, timbers from the original building.

(Submitted on April 22, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Wilmington, Delaware.)

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Old Welsh Tract Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 3, 2010

3. Old Welsh Tract Church

Credits. This page was last revised on April 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,302 times since then and 37 times this year. Last updated on August 26, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 8, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.