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Near Simsboro in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

Walnut Creek Baptist Church

 
 
Walnut Creek Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Wesley Harris, 2016
1. Walnut Creek Baptist Church Marker
Inscription. Organized 1846 on Old Wire Road (Lincoln Parish Road No. 232) and relocated to this site c. 1858. Present building dates from c. 1870. Church land donated by Allen Causey in 1876. Existing cemetery land purchased from J. W. Williams in 1884.
 
Erected 1985 by Walnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Association.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
 
Location. 32° 33.183′ N, 92° 48.3′ W. Marker is near Simsboro, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish. It can be reached from the intersection of Walnut Creek Road and Parish Road 3, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 705 Walnut Creek Rd, Simsboro LA 71275, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. 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, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Louisiana Colored Chautauqua (approx. 4.4 miles away); Liberty Hill Baptist Association (approx. 4.8 miles away); Site of Allen Greene Normal and Industrial Bible Institute (approx. 4.8 miles away); Eddie G. Robinson (approx. 5.4 miles away); Charles P. Adams (approx. 5.4 miles away); Conrad "Hutch" Hutchinson, Jr
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(approx. 5.4 miles away); Judson Hartwell Grambling (approx. 5.4 miles away); Collie J. Nicholson (approx. 5.4 miles away).
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2022, by Wesley Harris of Ruston, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 447 times since then and 11 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on April 29, 2022, by Wesley Harris of Ruston, Louisiana. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
 
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Jun. 9, 2026