Indian Mission United Methodist Church
USA /
Delaware /
Long Neck /
World
/ USA
/ Delaware
/ Long Neck
World / United States / New Jersey
In 1881 the Nanticoke Indian people constructed this church to provide a place to join for religious devotions. Known as “Johnson’s Chapel,” the church was affiliated with the Methodist Protestant denomination. On March 27, 1884, the land upon which the church had been built was conveyed by Jesse E. and Elizabeth Joseph to Trustees Samuel B. Norwood, Whittington Johnson, David P. Street, James H. Clark, Elisha Wright, William A. Johnson, and John W. Harmon.
The church was formally incorporated on May 23, 1915. In 1921 a new building was constructed and named Indian Mission M.P. Church. The Nanticoke people continue to hold their religious services here, and the church continues to provide cohesiveness for the Nanticoke to retain their Native heritage and culture.
The oldest marked grave is that of Ann Johnson, who died October 7, 1885. Indian Mission United Methodist Church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1979.
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The church was formally incorporated on May 23, 1915. In 1921 a new building was constructed and named Indian Mission M.P. Church. The Nanticoke people continue to hold their religious services here, and the church continues to provide cohesiveness for the Nanticoke to retain their Native heritage and culture.
The oldest marked grave is that of Ann Johnson, who died October 7, 1885. Indian Mission United Methodist Church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1979.
archives.delaware.gov/markers/sc/SC-122.shtml#TopOfPage...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°40'24"N 75°14'3"W
- Angola by the Bay 4.5 km
- Winding Creek Village 6 km
- Peninsula Lakes 6.4 km
- Ocean View, Delaware 17 km
- Jones Crossroads Landfill (DSWA) 21 km
- Little Assawoman Bay 24 km
- Stein Highway 41 km
- South Point 50 km
- Metompkin Bay 108 km
- Sandbridge Beach 222 km
- Indian River Hundred 2.9 km
- Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred 7 km
- Sussex County Airport (KGED/GED) 11 km
- Plantation Lakes 12 km
- Dagsboro Hundred 12 km
- Georgetown Hundred 12 km
- Sussex County, Delaware 14 km
- Baltimore Hundred 16 km
- Gumboro Hundred 23 km
- Broad Creek Hundred 27 km