Stafford in Stafford County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Mt. Hope Baptist Church

Photographed by Kevin W., November 4, 2014

1. Mt. Hope Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Sunday School gathered in 1877. Church established October 16,1880 by Rev. Natus Washington. Originally worshipped at St. John School House near Brooke. Pickle Factory building nearer to church later became Brooke School. May 1904 Church cornerstone laid. First area ethnic church to implement worship every Sunday. 15 Pastors have served. 10th Pastor, Rev. Edward Smith, educator, civic and civil rights leader, was instrumental in the local integration movement.

Erected 2014 by Stafford County.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1877.

Location. 38° 23.067′ N, 77° 23.106′ W. Marker is in Stafford, Virginia, in Stafford County. It is on Susies Lane just east of Mount Hope Church Road (County Route 677). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1653 Brooke Road, Stafford VA 22554, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area,

in Northern Virginia,

and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Union Army Winter Camp Remains (approx. 1.1 miles away); Union Infantry Winter Camp (approx. 1.2 miles away); Touring the Stafford Civil War Park (approx. 1.2 miles away); Potomac Church Road

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); Union Batteries at Accokeek Creek (approx. 1.2 miles away); Union Eleventh Corps Artillery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Quarrying the Stone (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sandstone Quarry (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stafford.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Brooke, Virginia (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Mt. Hope Baptist Church website. (Submitted on November 21, 2014, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)

Mt. Hope Baptist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin W., November 4, 2014

2. Mt. Hope Baptist Church and Marker

Mt. Hope Baptist Church Cornerstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin W., November 4, 2014

3. Mt. Hope Baptist Church Cornerstone

Window above the entrance doors of Mt. Hope Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin W., November 4, 2014

4. Window above the entrance doors of Mt. Hope Baptist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2014, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 679 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 21, 2014, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.