Near West Liberty in Logan County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The First Permanent

Sunday School

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 4, 2010

1. The First Permanent Marker

Inscription. The first permanent Sunday School in the "Old" Mennonite Church, founded by the authority of the church, was organized in the Logan County Amish Mennonite Church, now the South Union Church, one and seven-tenths miles, northwest of this location, June 7, 1863, by Preacher David Plank assisted by Bishop Jacob C. Kenagy with the counsel of the congregation.

Erected 1963.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is June 7, 1854.

Location. 40° 16.372′ N, 83° 45.813′ W. Marker is near West Liberty, Ohio, in Logan County. It is at the intersection of Ohio Route 507 and U.S. 68, on the left when traveling east on Ohio Route 507. This historical marker is located in front of the South Union Mennonite Church. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: West Liberty OH 43357, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Highland Gardens Veterans Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Foust Addition (approx. 0.9 miles away); West Liberty Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Michael Lane Partin (approx. 1.1 miles away); West Liberty / Glover Hall

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); Shawnee Nation in Logan County / Shawnee Villages in Logan County (approx. 1.2 miles away); West Liberty World War I Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Liberty.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 4, 2010

2. The First Permanent Marker

View of the historical marker in front of the church building.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 4, 2010

3. The First Permanent Marker

View looking east, down state route 508, towards US 68, of the historical marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,080 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 20, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.