Blythewood in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Bethel Baptist Church

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

1. Bethel Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Bethel Baptist Church was founded in 1884 by black members of nearby Sandy Level Baptist Church seeking to organize a separate congregation. They met at first in a brush arbor, then built a frame sanctuary here in 1892. It was covered in granite veneer in 1952. The church also sponsored the Bethel School, which stood behind the church. The present sanctuary was built in 2003.

Erected 2009 by South Carolina Department of Archives and History, sponsored by Bethel Baptist Church and Blythewood Middle School. (Marker Number 40-162.)

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 series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1884.

Location. 34° 12.948′ N, 80° 58.676′ W. Marker is in Blythewood, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is on McNulty Road near Boney Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Blythewood SC 29016, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Midlands

and in the Greater Columbia Area.

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 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bethel School / Bethel Hanberry School (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); George P. Hoffman House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Blythewood School (approx.

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0.4 miles away); Sandy Level Baptist Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Sandfield Baptist Church / Sandfield Cemetery (approx. 2.3 miles away); Little Zion Baptist Church (approx. 4.8 miles away); Killian Road Baptist Church Cemetery Confederate Soldiers Monument (approx. 5.8 miles away); Killian School (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blythewood.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Skirmish at Killian's Mill (was approx. 5.8 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 8, 2011

2. Bethel Baptist Church Marker

Sandy Level Baptist Church, as mentioned image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 3, 2011

3. Sandy Level Baptist Church, as mentioned

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Bethel Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yvonne Vaughn, May 24, 2024

4. Bethel Baptist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,406 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 14, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 4. submitted on May 27, 2024, by Yvonne Vaughn of Elgin, South Carolina.