China Grove in Pike County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

China Grove

Pike County

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 17, 2021

1. China Grove Marker

Inscription. Pike County was created by an act passed on December 7, 1821, by the Third Annual Session of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. It included part of what is now Barbour, Bullock, Crenshaw, Henry, Macon, and Montgomery Counties, and covered eleven hundred square miles. The first seat of justice was located at the home of Andrew Townsend on the Merriweather Trail near China Grove. By 1831, one of Townsend's sons owned this property. He and other descendants are buried in this cemetery.

Erected 2021 by the Pike County Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is December 7, 1821.

Location. 32° 1.582′ N, 85° 56.949′ W. Marker is in China Grove, Alabama, in Pike County. It is on Salem Road 0.1 miles west of County Road 7702, on the right when traveling west. Located in Concord Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Troy AL 36081, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Black

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Belt,

and in the Wiregrass.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

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 Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mt. Hilliard (approx. 5.3 miles away); Mt. Hilliard Methodist Church (approx. 5.3 miles away); Orion Institute (approx. 5.6 miles away); Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (approx. 7.1 miles away); Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 10.1 miles away); Birthplace of Congressman John Lewis (approx. 10½ miles away); History of Inverness School (approx. 11½ miles away); Sardis Baptist Church, Cemetery, and School (approx. 11.8 miles away).

Regarding China Grove. The community is likely named after local chinaberry trees. A post office operated under the name China Grove from 1830 to 1905. China Grove was one of the first settled areas in Pike County.

China Grove marker at the Concord Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 17, 2021

2. China Grove marker at the Concord Cemetery.

Concord Cemetery (aka China Grove Cemetery) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 17, 2021

3. Concord Cemetery (aka China Grove Cemetery)

Established Prior to 1830

Historic Concord Primitive Baptist Church across from the cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 17, 2021

4. Historic Concord Primitive Baptist Church across from the cemetery.

The present building was built prior to 1900 and is called ‘the house’ most likely because early on churches were often called the ‘church house.’

Nearby is the former China Grove General Store. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 17, 2021

5. Nearby is the former China Grove General Store.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,446 times since then and 142 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 17, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.