Bear Creek in Hinds County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Bear Creek Methodist Church

Photographed by James Hulse, January 13, 2023

1. Bear Creek Methodist Church Marker

Inscription. Bear Creek Methodist Church was established in the early 1820s under the leadership of Rev. Thomas Nixon. The first sanctuary, a log cabin structure, was built in the late 1820s. The third sanctuary, this vernacular Greek Revival structure, was built in 1858. Bear Creek Methodist Church closed in 1966. The trustees of the Utica Methodist Protestant Church purchased the property in 1968, and the congregation changed its name to the Bear Creek Methodist Protestant Church the same year.

Erected 2011 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1858.

Location. 32° 3.676′ N, 90° 31.083′ W. Marker is in Bear Creek, Mississippi, in Hinds County. It is on Bear Creek Road 0.1 miles south of State Highway 27, on the right when traveling south. The marker is located north of the church along the road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Utica MS 39175, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Natchez Trace Corridor

and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Utica Normal and Industrial Institute (approx. 6.2 miles away); Utica (approx. 6.3 miles away); Spring House (approx. 10 miles

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away); Chautauqua Tabernacle (approx. 10 miles away); P.T.A. Birthplace (approx. 10 miles away); Chautauqua Buildings (approx. 10.1 miles away); Crystal Springs (approx. 10.7 miles away); Tommy Johnson (approx. 10.7 miles away).

The Bear Creek Methodist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, January 13, 2023

2. The Bear Creek Methodist Church and Marker

The Bear Creek Methodist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, January 13, 2023

3. The Bear Creek Methodist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on January 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 14, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 747 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 14, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.