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Bahama in Durham County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Mount Bethel Methodist Church

 
 
Mount Bethel Methodist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Buckner, November 19, 2022
1. Mount Bethel Methodist Church Marker
Inscription. Non-denominational meeting house built ca. 1784 by Archer Harris. By 1808 Methodist. Home church to Washington Duke.
 
Erected 1955 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number G-65.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1784.
 
Location. 36° 9.99′ N, 78° 52.576′ W. Marker is in Bahama, North Carolina, in Durham County. It is on Bahama Road (North Carolina Route 1616) east of Stagville Road ( Route 1615), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1605 Bahama Rd, Bahama NC 27503, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and in the Research Triangle. 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
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of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: William B. Umstead (approx. 1.9 miles away); Stephen B. Weeks (approx. 2 miles away); Trading Path (approx. 3.7 miles away); Historic Russell School (approx. 4.9 miles away); West Point Truce Line (approx. 7 miles away); St. Mary's Chapel (approx. 7.7 miles away); a different marker also named St. Mary's Chapel (approx. 7.7 miles away); Camp Butner (approx. 8.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bahama.
 
Mount Bethel Methodist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Buckner, November 19, 2022
2. Mount Bethel Methodist Church Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2022, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 270 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 21, 2022, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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