Near Inman in Spartanburg County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

New Prospect Baptist Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 17, 2025

1. New Prospect Baptist Church Marker, Side One

Inscription. The congregation of New Prospect Baptist Church formally organized on June 3, 1820, with a membership of twenty-six. They met at a simple log cabin meeting house near this site before erecting a larger building in 1837. Before 1820, congregants are thought to have met at leaders’ homes as Mount Vernon Baptist Church.

New Prospect was initially part of the Broad River Association of Baptists, later joining the Tyger River Association in 1844. Worshippers included local families and some of the people they held as slaves. Fires destroyed the church in 1922 and 1983, The current church was finished in 1984.

Erected 2019 by Department of Archives and History. Sponsored by New Prospect Baptist Church. (Marker Number 42-37.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is June 3, 1820.

Location. 35° 7.813′ N, 82° 2.704′ W. Marker is near Inman, South Carolina, in Spartanburg County. It is on Sea Mountain Highway (South Carolina Route 9) near Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway ( Route 11), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9290 SC-9, Inman SC 29349, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate

and in the Greater Greenville-Spartanburg Area. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 original Cherokee Nation,

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 7 miles of this marker

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, measured as the crow flies: Lake Bowen (approx. 1.4 miles away); Little Africa (approx. 2.8 miles away); Ibra Charles Blackwood (approx. 4.1 miles away); North Carolina / South Carolina (approx. 4.1 miles away in North Carolina); Tryon's March (approx. 4.1 miles away in North Carolina); James F. Byrnes Memorial Freeway (approx. 5.6 miles away); Old Rutherford Road (approx. 5.8 miles away); Inman Veterans Monument (approx. 6.2 miles away).

New Prospect Baptist Church Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 17, 2025

2. New Prospect Baptist Church Marker, Side Two

New Prospect Baptist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 17, 2025

3. New Prospect Baptist Church and Marker

Highway 9 runs north-south just out of frame on the right.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 181 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 7, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.