Forest City in Rutherford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Old Cool Springs Cemetery

1840 - 1873

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 14, 2009

1. Old Cool Springs Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Site of Cool Springs Baptist Church, now First Baptist Church, organized in John Bostick Home, 1848. First log meeting house 1855-1867. First church and cemetery in settlement.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.

Location. 35° 20.509′ N, 81° 52.294′ W. Marker is in Forest City, North Carolina, in Rutherford County. It is on Vance St. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Forest City NC 28043, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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

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markers are within walking distance of this marker: Forrest Harrill "Smoky" Burgess (approx. ¼ mile away); Cool Springs High School (approx. ¼ mile away); First Baptist Church (approx. half a mile away); Forest City (approx. 0.6 miles away); Town of Burnt Chimney (approx. 0.6 miles away); Forest City Confederate Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Police Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Rutherford County Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Forest City.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 14, 2009

2. Old Cool Springs Cemetery Marker

Old Cool Springs Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 14, 2009

3. Old Cool Springs Cemetery

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 14, 2009

4. Old Cool Springs Cemetery

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 14, 2009

5. Old Cool Springs Cemetery

First Citizens He gave the land and organized the first church. He was the first deacon. Three grandchildren and their families served more than one hundred and seventy years as missionaries to china.

First Baptist Church 2009 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 14, 2009

6. First Baptist Church 2009

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,476 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 15, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.