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

Nazareth Church

 
 
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Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, February 11, 2012
1. Nazareth Church Marker
Inscription. Lutheran. Begun about 1778 by German settlers. Formerly called "Old Dutch Meeting House." Present building, 1878.
 
Erected 1959 by NC Archives and Highway Departments. (Marker Number J-51.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious StructuresSettlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1778.
 
Location. 36° 14.231′ N, 80° 18.089′ W. Marker is in Rural Hall, North Carolina, in Forsyth County. It is at the intersection of Bethania Rural Hall Road and Tobaccoville Road, on the left when traveling north on Bethania Rural Hall Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rural Hall NC 27045, 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 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bethania Freedman's Community (approx. 2.7 miles away); 1792 Road Between Bethabara and Germanton (approx. 3½ miles away); Samuel and Sarah Stauber Farm (approx. 3.7 miles away); Log Home Of Hohanna Jacob And Anna Catherine (Volck) Spaenhauer (approx. 4 miles away); Cedar Grove School (approx. 4.1 miles away); Memorial Industrial School
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(approx. 4.1 miles away); Benjamin Forsyth (approx. 4.2 miles away); Great Wagon Road (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rural Hall.
 
Nazareth Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, February 11, 2012
2. Nazareth Church Marker
Nazareth Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, February 11, 2012
3. Nazareth Church Marker
Nazareth Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, February 11, 2012
4. Nazareth Church Marker
church in right of frame
Nazareth Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, February 11, 2012
5. Nazareth Church
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,006 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 11, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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