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African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion) Church Historical Markers

This series features markers relating to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion or AMEZ) Church, a historically African American denomination of the Methodist tradition.

Note: This denomination is distinct from the similarly named African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.
 
By James L.Whitman, July 6, 2023
Creek Stand AME Zion Church Cemetery Macon County Marker
1 ► Alabama, Macon County, Creek Stand — Creek Stand AME Zion Church Cemetery — Macon County —
2 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee — 9 — "Trade With Your Friends" — The Tuskegee Boycott — The Tuskegee Civil Rights and Historic Trail —
3 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee — 7 — Area Churches That Hosted Important Civil Rights Meetings — The Tuskegee Civil Rights and Historic Trail — Reported missing
4 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee — Booker T. Washington —
5 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee — Butler Chapel AME Zion Church —
6 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — 5 — Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail —
7 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — 6 — Black Churches Provide Significant Support for the March and Voting — Holt Street under Interstates 65 and 85 — Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail —
8 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Elijah Cook / City of Montgomery v. Rosa Parks —
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9 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Historic Sites Near Fairview Environmental Park —
10 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal AME Zion Church —
11 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Old Ship A.M.E. Zion Church —
12 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — South Jackson Street / Victor Hugo Tulane —
13 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — 3 — Support: Local and Organizational — Near Early and Oak Streets — Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail —
14 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Union Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church — Montgomery County —
15 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Zion — Big Zion A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery — Montgomery County —
16 ► Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa — Castle Hill - Daly Bottom Community —
17 ► Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa — Hunter's Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church —
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18 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Middletown — The Abolitionist Movement —
19 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Middletown — The Freedom Church —
20 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, New London — 66 Hempstead Street — Black Heritage Trail — City of New London —
21 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington — NC-112 — Scott AME Zion Church —
22 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — Lewis Giles, Sr.'s Home and Office — 4428 Hunt Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
23 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — 12 — Fathers and Sons — Worthy Ambition — LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail —
24 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church — The Gate Way to Freedom —
25 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Sons & Daughters in Christ African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church —
26 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, LeDroit Park — Sons & Daughters in Christ African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church —
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27 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — 3 — Automobile Row — A Fitting Tribute — Logan Circle Heritage Trail —
28 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church — 1616 14th Street Northwest —
29 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Vernon Square — 13 — "Sweet Daddy" Grace — Midcity at the Crossroads — Shaw Heritage Trail —
30 ► Florida, Monroe County, Key West — 93 — Cornish Memorial AME Zion Church — Circa 1864 —
31 ► Florida, Monroe County, Key West, Bahama Village — 113 — Saint Stephen AME Zion Church — Key West Art & Historical Society —
32 ► Florida, Polk County, Bartow — PCHC-026 — Union Academy High School — 1897-1969 —
33 ► Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, Downtown — Jones Tabernacle A.M.E. Zion Church Site —
34 ► Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville — 2611 — Zion Temple A.M.E. Zion Church / The Freedom Church —
35 ► Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville — 1972 — United Methodist Temple —
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36 ► Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown — 1771 — Alexander Walters (1858-1917) —
37 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Odenton — At the End of the Road — A Look Back into African American History —
38 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Rockville — 15 — Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church — Southwest corner of North Washington Street and Beall Avenue — Rockville's African American Heritage Walking Tour —
39 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Rockville — Of By For —
40 ► Missouri, St. Louis County, Webster Groves — Historic Black Churches in Webster Groves —
41 ► New Jersey, Bergen County, Hackensack — 82 — Varick Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church —
42 ► New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, Central Ward — Harriet Tubman Monument — Shadow of a Face —
43 ► New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, Mount Pleasant/Lower Broadway — Belleville Avenue Church — Historic Site —
44 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Somerville — Site of St. Thomas A.M.E. Zion Parsonage — Home of Paul Robeson —
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45 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Florence Spearing Randolph — Women’s Heritage Trail — Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church —
46 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church —
47 ► New York, Broome County, Binghamton — Freedom Trail —
48 ► New York, Broome County, Binghamton, Downtown — AME Zion Church — Safehouse for Runaways —
49 ► New York, Chemung County, Elmira — A.M.E. Zion Church —
50 ► New York, Monroe County, Rochester, Downtown — Austin Steward 1793-1869 —
51 ► New York, Monroe County, Rochester, Highland — Frederick Douglass Home Site —
52 ► New York, Nassau County, Westbury — Westbury African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 1834 —
53 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Financial District — John Street Church — Heritage Trail —
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54 ► New York, Onondaga County, Syracuse, Downtown — 3 — Fayette Park — The Freedom Trail — The Underground Railroad —
55 ► New York, Onondaga County, Syracuse, Downtown — The Great Central Depot — The Freedom Trail — The Underground Railroad —
56 ► New York, Onondaga County, Syracuse, Eastside — 2 — Rev. Jermain and Mrs. Caroline Loguen — The Freedom Trail — The Underground Railroad —
57 ► New York, Onondaga County, Syracuse, Northside — 8 — Prince Jackson House Site — The Freedom Trail — The Underground Railroad —
58 ► New York, Onondaga County, Syracuse, Northside — 10 — Rose Hill Cemetery / African Americans on the North Side — The Freedom Trail — The Underground Railroad —
59 ► New York, Rockland County, Sparkill — St. Charles A.M.E. Zion Church —
60 ► New York, Suffolk County, Sag Harbor — Burial Ground —
61 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — St. James African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — Historic Landmark —
62 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — 1054 — St. James AME Zion —
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63 ► New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca — St. James AME Zion Church —
64 ► North Carolina, Beaufort County, Bath — Bath African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church —
65 ► North Carolina, Buncombe County, Asheville, Downtown — D-3 — Historical Black Churches in Asheville — 1832-1898 — Black Cultural Heritage Trail —
66 ► North Carolina, Craven County, New Bern — C-33 — James Walker Hood —
67 ► North Carolina, Craven County, New Bern — St. Peter's A.M.E. Zion Church —
68 ► North Carolina, Craven County, New Bern — William Henry Singleton — From Slavery to Freedom —
69 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Fayetteville, Terry Sanford — Cross Creek Linear Park — Our Pathway to the Future —
70 ► North Carolina, Dare County, Manteo — B-44 — Andrew Cartwright —
71 ► North Carolina, Edgecombe County, Tarboro — E-85 — John C. Dancy — 1857 - 1920 —
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72 ► North Carolina, Edgecombe County, Tarboro — St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church — Historical Marker —
73 ► North Carolina, Forsyth County, Bethania — Bethania — Established 1759 —
74 ► North Carolina, Forsyth County, Bethania — Bethania Freedman's Community —
75 ► North Carolina, Forsyth County, Lewisville — New Hope AME Zion Church — 1883 — Date of Deed —
76 ► North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, Asheboro Community — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. —
77 ► North Carolina, Guilford County, High Point — John Coltrane —
78 ► North Carolina, Guilford County, High Point — John Coltrane — High Point Resident, World-Renowned Jazz Artist —
79 ► North Carolina, Halifax County, Enfield — E-103 — James E. O'Hara — 1844 - 1905 —
80 ► North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, Thompson Park — 16 — Thaddeus Lincoln Tate - Business and Civic Leader — Charlotte Trail of History —
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81 ► North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Huntersville — The Servant Entrance —
82 ► North Carolina, Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City — A-61 — Joseph C. Price — (1854–1893) —
83 ► North Carolina, Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City — A-43 — Mount Lebanon Church —
84 ► North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury — William Valentine — Salisbury History & Art Trail — Civil War & Reconstruction —
85 ► North Carolina, Wilson County, Wilson — F-64 — Owen L. W. Smith — 1851 - 1926 —
86 ► Ohio, Summit County, Akron, Cascade Valley — 11-77 — Wesley Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — Reported missing
87 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Gettysburg — Franklin Street “Colored” School 1884-1932 —
88 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Gettysburg — St. Paul's A.M.E. Zion Church —
89 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Gettysburg — Where do we bury our dead? Lincoln Cemetery —
90 ► Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Sewickley — St. Matthews African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — Historic Landmark —
91 ► Pennsylvania, Beaver County, Beaver — African Americans —
92 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Downtown Harrisburg — Underground Railroad —
93 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Downtown Harrisburg — Underground Railroad —
94 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Swatara Township — William Howard Day — (1825 - 1900) —
95 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Penbrook — Lincoln Cemetery —
96 ► Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Allentown — Harriet A. Baker — (1829 - 1913) —
97 ► Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Rittenhouse Square — Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church —
98 ► South Carolina, Chester County, Chester — 12-14 — Old Zion A.M.E. Zion Church —
99 ► South Carolina, Fairfield County, Mitford — 20-23 — Camp Welfare —
100 ► South Carolina, Lancaster County, Heath Springs — 29-13 — Mt. Carmel Campground —

121 entries matched your criteria. The first 100 are listed above. The final 21 ⊳
 
 
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