Near Oxford in Granville County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Salem United Methodist Church
built in 1860
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.
Location. 36° 21.003′ N, 78° 32.276′ W. Marker is near Oxford, North Carolina, in Granville County. It is on Salem Road (County Road 1552) 0.3 miles east of Huntsboro Road (County Road 1521), on the left. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4151 Salem Rd, Oxford NC 27565, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Harris Meeting House (approx. 2.6 miles away); Natl Rochester (approx. 2.9 miles away); Horner School (approx. 3.4 miles away); Granville County Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); Oxford City Hall (approx. 3.7 miles away); Oxford Female College (approx. 3.7 miles away); College Hill Historic District (approx. 3.8 miles away); Webb-Adams House (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oxford.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Horner Military School (was approx. 3.4 miles away but has been replaced with another
this page online
Also see . . . Salem Methodist Church (Huntsboro, North Carolina). Wikipedia article. (Submitted on September 4, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 367 times since then and 35 times this year. Last updated on April 3, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 4, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
