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Shiloh Lutheran Church

 
 
Shiloh Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, February 23, 2012
1. Shiloh Lutheran Church Marker
Inscription. Founded in 1777 as the German Church Beyond Muddy Creek. Named Gerber's Church in 1813. Graveyard and old church site, quarter mile east. Called Shiloh since circa 1860. Present sanctuary built in 1883. Oldest congregation in Lewisville.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1777.
 
Location. 36° 6.47′ N, 80° 24.22′ W. Marker is in Lewisville, North Carolina, in Forsyth County. It is on Lewisville Vienna Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lewisville NC 27023, 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 of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: George Mock House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lewisville Roller Mill (approx. Ύ mile away); Lewisville United Methodist Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Lewisville Baptist Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lewis C. Laugenour House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Site of Lewisville Academy (approx. 1.2 miles away); POW-MIA Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); "Battle Cross" (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lewisville.
 
Shiloh Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, February 23, 2012
2. Shiloh Lutheran Church Marker
Shiloh Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, February 23, 2012
3. Shiloh Lutheran Church Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 814 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 27, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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