Near Upper Tract in Pendleton County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

St. George’s Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 30, 2016

1. St. George’s Church Marker

Inscription. Built about 1850 as Methodist Episcopal Meeting House and known as Palestine Church. First trustees: Alfred Kimble, Jacob L. Kimble, J.H. Lantz, Abraham Kile, and Isaac Ault. Bought by Espiscopal Church, 1831; rededicated 1966.

Erected 1989 by West Virginia Department of Culture and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the West Virginia Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 38° 51.537′ N, 79° 16.773′ W. Marker is near Upper Tract, West Virginia, in Pendleton County. It is on Smoke Hole Road (County Route 2) 5½ miles north of Petersburg Pike (U.S. 220), on the left when traveling north. Marker is located within Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area. It is at Shreve’s Store just past where Route 2/3 branches off from Route 2. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Upper Tract WV 26866, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Virginia’s Potomac Highlands.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in Appalachia.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Eagle Rocks (approx. 2½ miles away); Smoke Hole (approx. 3.1 miles away); Champe Rocks (approx. 3.4 miles away); Old Judy Church (approx. 3.4 miles away); Pendleton County / Grant County

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(approx. 3.4 miles away); a different marker also named Smoke Hole (approx. 3.6 miles away); Fort Upper Tract (approx. 4.9 miles away); Sites Homestead (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Upper Tract.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Smoke Hole Cave (was approx. 1.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 30, 2016

2. St. George’s Church Marker

Shreve’s Store is the white building in the distance.

Shreve’s Store, St. George’s Church, and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 30, 2016

3. Shreve’s Store, St. George’s Church, and Marker

St. George’s Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 30, 2016

4. St. George’s Church and Marker

View from the Road of St. George’s Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 30, 2016

5. View from the Road of St. George’s Church and Marker

St. George’s Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 30, 2016

6. St. George’s Church

St. George’s Church, Smoke Hole Canyon image. Click for full size.

Jarek Tuszyński, via Wikipedia Commons, August 29, 2009

7. St. George’s Church, Smoke Hole Canyon

Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2016, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 903 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on November 11, 2016, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.