Dagsboro Hundred in Frankford in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Antioch Camp Meeting
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 14, 2010
1. Antioch Camp Meeting Marker
Inscription.
Antioch Camp Meeting. . A "society" of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was established in this area by the 1830's. The first church was purchased in 1857. On February 28, 1890 land was purchased at this site for the purpose of construction of a new church. Annual camp meetings were soon established. Known as “Big Camp”or “Frankford Camp”, people traveled from miles around to attend. Covered wagons were used for shelter prior to the construction of wooden “tents”. Cooking was done in large iron containers called “hogkilling pots”. Light was provided by “firestands” prior to the use of electricity. Visitors ate at the “Boarding House” and “Confectionery”. Worship services were held in the “Bower”, a covered meeting place in the center of the grounds. Many of the original buildings were destroyed by fire in 1943.
A "society" of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was established in this area by the 1830's. The first church was purchased in 1857. On February 28, 1890 land was purchased at this site for the purpose of construction of a new church. Annual camp meetings were soon established. Known as “Big Camp”or
“Frankford Camp”, people traveled from miles around
to attend. Covered wagons were used for shelter prior to the construction of wooden “tents”. Cooking was done in large iron containers called “hogkilling pots”. Light was provided by “firestands” prior to the use of electricity. Visitors ate at the
“Boarding House” and “Confectionery”. Worship services were held in the “Bower”, a covered meeting place in the center of the grounds. Many of the original buildings were destroyed by fire in 1943.
Erected by The Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number SC-93.)
75° 14.136′ W. Marker is in Frankford, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Dagsboro Hundred. It is on Clayton Avenue (County Route 401), on the right when traveling south. Located just north of County Road 356. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Frankford DE 19945, United 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.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,503 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 28, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
