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Rockwell in Rowan County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Organ or Zion Church

 
 
Organ or Zion Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021
1. Organ or Zion Church Marker
Inscription. Lutheran. Organized by early German settlers. The building erected in 1794 is 1½ mi. south.
 
Erected 1988 by North Carolina Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number L-46.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious StructuresSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1794.
 
Location. 35° 32.85′ N, 80° 27.112′ W. Marker is in Rockwell, North Carolina, in Rowan County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 152 and Organ Church Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 152. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rockwell NC 28138, 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 the North Atlantic Region, 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,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Arends / Nussman (approx. 1.3 miles away); Grace or Lower Stone Church (approx. 2.6 miles away); Old Stone House (approx. 4.6 miles away); a different marker also named Old Stone House (approx. 5.1 miles away); Randolph Shaft (approx. 6½ miles away); Gold Hill Methodist Church Bell (approx. 6½ miles away); The Village of Gold Hill (approx. 6½ miles away); Gold Hill Mining District (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockwell.
 
Also see . . .  Organ Lutheran Church. (Submitted on September 16, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
 
Organ or Zion Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021
2. Organ or Zion Church Marker
Organ or Zion Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021
3. Organ or Zion Church
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 16, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 624 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 16, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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