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Near Norwood in Stanly County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Randall's United Methodist Church

 
 
Randall's United Methodist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 18, 2021
1. Randall's United Methodist Church Marker
Inscription. First services held ca. 1785 by Jesse Lee & Bishop Asbury in home of John Randle. Fifth building, 1974. Ύ mile East.
 
Erected 1974 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number L-83.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Francis Asbury, Traveling Methodist Preacher, and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1785.
 
Location. 35° 16.227′ N, 80° 7.089′ W. Marker is near Norwood, North Carolina, in Stanly County. It is at the intersection of Indian Mound Road (County Road 1740) and Randalls Church Road, on the right when traveling north on Indian Mound Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16449 Indian Mound Rd, Norwood NC 28128, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
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it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Zion United Methodist Church (approx. 4.2 miles away); Fight at Colson's (approx. 5.2 miles away); Edmund DeBerry (approx. 6.2 miles away); Stanly County Courthouse (approx. 7.1 miles away); In Grateful Remembrance of the Men of Stanly County (approx. 7.1 miles away); In Grateful Remembrance (approx. 7.1 miles away); Stanly County Library (approx. 7.1 miles away); Freeman-Marks House (approx. 7.1 miles away).
 
Randall's United Methodist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 18, 2021
2. Randall's United Methodist Church Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 23, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 440 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 23, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jul. 29, 2026