Centerville in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Sugar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

“Old Centerville Cemetery”

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 12, 2015

1. Sugar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Marker

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Inscription. The first recorded meeting of the Sugar Creek Baptists (now Centerville Baptist Church) was November 2, 1799. In 1802, property was purchased from Aaron Nutt and by 1803, a meeting house was erected on the west side of the cemetery. Early residents traveled to the church on trails which were blazed through the wilderness from settlements five miles away. On July 4, 1807, the Church Trustees appointed Benjamin Robbins and Whitely Hatfield “to lay off a burial ground in proper manner.” Additions to the cemetery continued until 1865, which extended the cemetery to the present boundaries. Many early settlers including veterans of the Revolutionary and other wars, are interred here. The cemetery is currently maintained by Washington Township.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1941.

Location. 39° 38.202′ N, 84° 9.476′ W. Marker is in Centerville, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is on Main Street (Ohio Route 725), on the right when traveling north. marker is on a stone gate post at the drive leading back to the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 288 N Main St, Dayton OH 45459, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro

and in the Miami 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker,

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measured as the crow flies: New Centerville Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Normandy Farms (approx. 0.8 miles away); Sugar Creek Friends Cemetery (approx. 1½ miles away); Centerville Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); David's Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away); Remembrance Circle (approx. 3 miles away); David's Cemetery - Established in 1826 (approx. 3 miles away); Mad River Road / Road from Cunningham’s to Mad River (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Centerville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery (was approx. 2.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 12, 2015

2. Sugar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Marker

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Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 12, 2015

3. Sugar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Marker

marker can be seen at a distance

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 12, 2015

4. Sugar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Marker

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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 956 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 15, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.