Reidsville in Rockingham County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Speedwell Church

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

1. Speedwell Church Marker

Inscription. Presbyterian. Organized ca.1759. James McCready first regular minister, 1793. Present building erected about 1844.

Erected 1972 by State Department of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-8.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1759.

Location. 36° 19.181′ N, 79° 43.727′ W. Marker is in Reidsville, North Carolina, in Rockingham County. It is at the intersection of Iron Works Road and Boyd Road, on the right when traveling east on Iron Works Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Reidsville NC 27320, 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, 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Troublesome Iron Works (approx. 2.1 miles away); Glenn T. Settle (approx. 3.8 miles away); Susie Sharp (approx. 4.4 miles away); 9/11 Memorial (approx. 4.4 miles away); Saint Paul United Methodist Church (approx. 4.4 miles away); Reidsville Sesquicentennial (approx. 4.4 miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. 4.4 miles away); Main Street United Methodist Church (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Reidsville.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

2. Speedwell Church Marker

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

3. Speedwell Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 523 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 12, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.