Lake Village in Chicot County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

New Hope Missionary Baptist Church

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015

1. New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Jim Kelley, a slave, organized this church in 1860. His owner allowed the use of this plot of this plot of ground on which to build a church. On May 15, 1873, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Street deeded the property to the trustees of the church. New Hope Missionary Baptist Church claims to the the oldest Black church in the State of Arkansas.

Erected 1986 by Arkansas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is May 15, 1873.

Location. 33° 19.803′ N, 91° 17.229′ W. Marker is in Lake Village, Arkansas, in Chicot County. It is at the intersection of St. Marys Street (State Highway 144) and Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west on St. Marys Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 518 St Marys Street, Lake Village AR 71653, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas Delta,

in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain,

and in the Quapaw Homeland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

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: Italian Immigrants On Sunnyside Plantation (approx. 0.3 miles away); Chicot County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Chicot County (approx. 0.3 miles away); Chicot County Confederate Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Col. Charles A. Lindbergh

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(approx. 2 miles away); Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh (approx. 2 miles away); Saunders-Pettit-Chapman-Cook Plantation Home (approx. 4½ miles away); In Memoriam Hyner Cemetery (approx. 4.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lake Village.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on church cemetery. (Submitted on October 20, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

New Hope Missionary Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015

2. New Hope Missionary Baptist Church

View from marker west on St. Marys Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015

3. View from marker west on St. Marys Street

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015

4. New Hope Missionary Baptist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,188 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 20, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.