New Castle Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Mount Salem U.M. Church

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2021

1. Mount Salem U.M. Church Marker

Inscription. In 1854, a Methodist Society was organized in the African American community in New Castle. Not long after the society's inception, the group adopted the name Mount Salem Methodist Church and purchased land on which to build a church. Mount Salem's first members helped build the first church in 1878, carrying bricks and other building materials by hand to the site. The adjacent graveyard was expanded from the original church property through land acquisitions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Mount Salem congregation opened their first community center in the basement of the church during the Great Depression. For more than 150 years the Mount Salem United Methodist Church and its congregation supported the community through fellowship and service

Erected 2015 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number NC-217.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1854.

Location. 39° 39.752′ N, 75° 33.744′ W. Marker is in New Castle, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in New Castle Hundred.

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It is on East 4th Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 140 East 4th Street, New Castle DE 19720, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

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 New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Broad Dyke (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away); The Old Library (about 600 feet away); Midshipman John Stockton, United States Navy (about 600 feet away); Captain John Evans (about 600 feet away); Mary Wansey (about 700 feet away); George Read (about 700 feet away); Fort Casimir (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Castle.

Mount Salem U.M. Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, April 24, 2016

2. Mount Salem U.M. Church

Mount Salem U.M. Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, April 24, 2016

3. Mount Salem U.M. Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,200 times since then and 127 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 6, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2, 3. submitted on April 25, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.