Belltown near Lewes in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Israel United Methodist Church

Photographed by Heritage2

1. Israel United Methodist Church Marker

Inscription. In 1840, Israel United Methodist Church formed in the Belltown community west of Lewes. Israel established a cemetery in 1854 and formally incorporated in 1877. The congregation rebuilt the church in 1890 and again in 1916. Over time, the 1916 structure has been updated with the additions of a vestibule, annex, and stone cemetery wall. In 1966, Israel became part of the expanded Lewes Charge of Methodist Churches, which also included the John Wesley, St. Paul, and Mt. Pleasant Methodist churches of Belltown, Lewes, and Rehoboth Beach.

Erected 2019. (Marker Number SC-271.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1840.

Location. 38° 44.596′ N, 75° 10.182′ W. Marker is near Lewes, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Belltown. It is on Plantation Road (Delaware Route 9). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20254 Plantation Road, Lewes DE 19958, United

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States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Delaware’s Beaches.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 New Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Coursey-Daisey Nanticoke Indian Burial Ground (approx. 0.3 miles away); In Honor of Ted Freeman (approx. half a mile away); Nassau Station (approx. 1.1 miles away); A History of the Junction & Breakwater Railroad (approx. 1.1 miles away); Kiosk Dedicated in Memory of Thomas H. Draper (approx. 1.2 miles away); Janet Nowakowski (approx. 1.4 miles away); Coach Janet Maull-Martin (approx. 1.4 miles away); Coach William W. "Bill" Collick (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lewes.

Israel United Methodist Church Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, April 25, 2025

2. Israel United Methodist Church Marker - wide view

Israel United Methodist Church Marker - the church itself image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, April 25, 2025

3. Israel United Methodist Church Marker - the church itself

Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2019. This page has been viewed 643 times since then and 48 times this year. Last updated on July 8, 2023. Photos: 1. submitted on September 14, 2019, by Heritage2 of Baltimore, Maryland. 2, 3. submitted on April 25, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Wilmington, Delaware. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.