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First Church Built in Parke County Indiana

 
 
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Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, September 23, 2012
1. First Church Built in Parke County Indiana Marker
Inscription.

Site of
Shiloh Presbyterian Church

Organized on Thursday
Dec. 17, 1822

First Church Built
in Parke Co. Ind.

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1925.
 
Location. 39° 46.885′ N, 87° 9.048′ W. Marker is near Rockville, Indiana, in Parke County. It is at the intersection of County Road 100 N and Adams Road (County Road 349), on the left when traveling east on County Road 100 N. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rockville IN 47872, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana and in the Wabash Valley. 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site Of Shiloh Presbyterian Church (here, next to
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this marker); State Sanatorium Covered Bridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Birthplace of Mordecai Brown (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Batty Mine Location (approx. 1.2 miles away); Gov. Joseph A. Wright (approx. 3.3 miles away); Rockville Cemetery (approx. 4 miles away); 1883 Railroad Depot (approx. 4.1 miles away); Old 1832 Jail (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockville.
 
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Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, September 23, 2012
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 731 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 25, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
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