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

Third Creek Church

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021

1. Third Creek Church Marker

Inscription. Presbyterian. Founded before 1789. Present building erected 1835. Stands 2 miles north.

Erected 2011 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number L-41.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1789.

Location. 35° 43.755′ N, 80° 41.432′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, North Carolina, in Rowan County. It is on Statesville Boulevard (U.S. 70) 0.1 miles west of West Main Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cleveland NC 27013, 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Knox Home (approx. 0.2 miles away); Revolutionary War Patriots (approx. 2.2 miles away); Peter Stewart Ney (approx. 2.2 miles away); Back Creek Presbyterian Church (approx. 5½ miles away); Four Houses of Worship (approx. 6.1 miles away); A Short History of Thyatira Presbyterian Church (USA) (approx. 6.2 miles away); Thyatira Presbyterian Church (approx. 6.2 miles away); Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021

2. Third Creek Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 16, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.