Mount Pleasant in Cabarrus County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2024

1. Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church Marker

Inscription. Est. as Dutch Buffalo Creek Church about 1745. George Boger, minister, 1806-30. Present chapel, built in 1929, 2 miles E.

Erected 2022 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number L-82.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1745.

Location. 35° 26.366′ N, 80° 22.149′ W. Marker is in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, in Cabarrus County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 49 and North Lentz Harness Shop Road (State Road 2453), on the right when traveling north on State Highway 49. The marker is located at the southeast corner of the intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mount Pleasant NC 28124, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont

and in Greater Charlotte.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

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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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Congregational Church of Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina (approx. 4.3 miles away); In Memoriam (approx. 4½ miles away); Mount Pleasant Mercantile/Mount Pleasant Hosiery Mill (approx. 4.7 miles away); Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute (approx. 4.7 miles away); Mont Amoena Seminary (approx. 4.7 miles away); Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity (approx. 4.7 miles away); The Barnhardt Shaft (approx. 5.1 miles away); Gold Hill Mining District (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Pleasant.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Bethel United Church of Christ (was here, next to this marker but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church History.

• 1745: Dutch Buffalo Creek Meeting
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2024

2. Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church Marker
Looking north; North Carolina Highway 49 is on the left.
House – German Reformed and German Lutheran
• 1806: Bethel Bear Creek Meeting House – German Reformed and German Lutheran
• 1878: Bethel Bear Creek Evangelical – German Reformed
• 1929: Bethel Evangelical Reformed Church
• 1966: Bethel (Bear Creek) United Church of Christ
• 2016: Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church

(Submitted on December 2, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2024

3. Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church Marker

Looking south; North Carolina Highway 49 is on the right.

Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2024

4. Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church

The church is 2.3 miles southeast of the historical marker; follow State Road 2453 to Bear Creek Church Road.

Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church Cornerstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2024

5. Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church Cornerstone

Bethel Reformed Church
Built 1806
Rebuilt
1878 1928

Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church (<i>southeast elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 3, 2024

6. Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church (southeast elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 2, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 209 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 2, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.