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Clemmons in Forsyth County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

McKnight's Meeting House

 
 
McKnight's Meeting House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, January 22, 2012
1. McKnight's Meeting House Marker
Inscription. Est. by Methodists ca. 1782. Annual Conferences held here in 1789, 1790, & 1791 by Bishop Asbury. Site was 400 yards N.W.
 
Erected 1995 by NC Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-66.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraReligion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Francis Asbury, Traveling Methodist Preacher, and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1782.
 
Location. 36° 1.17′ N, 80° 23.81′ W. Marker is in Clemmons, North Carolina, in Forsyth County. It is on U.S. 158, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Clemmons NC 27012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. 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, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory
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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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Peter and Comfort Clemmons House (approx. 0.7 miles away); The "Hattie Butner" (approx. 0.8 miles away); William Linville (approx. 1.2 miles away); William Johnson (approx. 1.3 miles away); Philip and Johanna Hoehns (Hanes) House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Fries Manufacturing and Power Co. (approx. 1.4 miles away); Wachovia Tract (approx. 2.3 miles away); Fraternity Church of the Brethren (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clemmons.
 
McKnight's Meeting House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, January 22, 2012
2. McKnight's Meeting House Marker
McKnight's Meeting House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, January 22, 2012
3. McKnight's Meeting House Marker
McKnight's Meeting House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, January 22, 2012
4. McKnight's Meeting House Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 22, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,475 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 22, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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