Blain in Perry County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Upper Toboyne Presbyterian Church

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 21, 2024

1. Site of Upper Toboyne Presbyterian Church Marker

Inscription. Site of
Upper Toboyne
Presbyterian Church
at
James Blaine's Meeting Place
(circa April 14, 1767)
also the site of
the earliest school in this area

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant day of the year for for this entry is April 14.

Location. 40° 20.07′ N, 77° 30.437′ W. Marker is in Blain, Pennsylvania, in Perry County. It is on Mill Road east of Manassa Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 28 Mill Rd, Blain PA 17006, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, in the Susquehanna Valley,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Newport & Sherman's Valley Railroad (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ancestral Home of the Famous Blaine Family of America (about 800 feet away); Blain Planing Mill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Blain Fire Company, Inc. (approx. 0.4 miles away); Blain (approx. half a mile away); Magdalena Briner Eby (approx. 2.3 miles away); New Germantown (approx. 3.8 miles away); a different marker also named New Germantown (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blain.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 21, 2024

2. Site of Upper Toboyne Presbyterian Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 22, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.