Cameron in Calhoun County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Shady Grove Church

Photographed by Mike Stroud, December 29, 2009

1. Shady Grove Church Marker, as seen along Cameron Road (State Road 33)

Inscription.
Shady Grove Methodist Church was an outgrowth of Tabernacle Church, the parent Methodist body of this area. It was built in the early 1800s on land of Adam Holman, has a framework of hewn logs held together with wooden pegs, and has been remodeled three times. Ministers of Orangeburg Circuit, St. Matthews Circuit, and Cameron Charge have served Shady Grove.

Erected 1970 by Calhoun County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 9-6.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina Historical Markers, and the South Carolina, Calhoun County Historical Commission/Society series lists.

Location. 33° 35.361′ N, 80° 40.582′ W. Marker is in Cameron, South Carolina, in Calhoun County. It is on Cameron Road (State Highway 33) near Nate's Store Road (State Highway 9-27), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cameron SC 29030, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Lowcountry,

in Congaree Country,

and specifically in Santee Cooper Country.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep 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 10 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (approx. 2 miles away); St. Peter AME Church and School (approx. 2.8 miles away); Robert E. Lee Memorial Highway

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(approx. 2.8 miles away); Honoring a Pioneer Woman (approx. 3.7 miles away); First Land Granted in Calhoun County Area (approx. 3.7 miles away); Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (approx. 3.9 miles away); John Adam Treutlen (approx. 4 miles away); Jericho Methodist Church (approx. 4.1 miles away); Santee~Cemetery (approx. 4.9 miles away); Pine Grove Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cameron.

Shady Grove Church Marker as seen near Nate's Store Road (State Road 9-27) intersection image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, December 29, 2009

2. Shady Grove Church Marker as seen near Nate's Store Road (State Road 9-27) intersection

Shady Grove Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, December 29, 2009

3. Shady Grove Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 4, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,747 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 4, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.