Forks of Gunpowder Baptist Church Building (Boone County, Ky.)

Title: Forks of Gunpowder Baptist Church Building (Boone County, Ky.)
Alternate name: Gunpowder Baptist Church Building (Boone County, Ky.)
Description: Denomination: Baptist; The church was organized in 1812 by members of the Bullittsburg Baptist Church and the Middle Creek Baptist Church who wished to establish a church closer to their homes. The church building was built on an island about twelve miles southeast of Bullittsburg, where the Gunpowder Creek forks thus the name. The land was sold to the church by founding member (and later pastor) Lewis Conner for one dollar.; The church was abandoned in 1897, but reorganized in 1902. It was abandoned again in 1936.
Has beginning: Construction Date: circa 1812
Years duration: 1812- 1936
Identifier: Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory designation: BE 163
Parent division/institution: Forks of Gunpowder Baptist Church (Boone County, Ky.)
Political division: Petersburg Precinct (Boone County, Ky.)
Located within: Forks of Gunpowder Baptist Church Site
Related resource: Browse photographs of Forks of Gunpowder Baptist Church
Source: Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory

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