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Springfield Baptist traces its roots to enslaved worshippers from Silver Bluff and was organized as an independent Black congregation in Augusta in 1787, a claim to being the nation's oldest. In 1867 Morehouse College was born in its basement.
The Oldest Black Church in America is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.4791, -81.9724 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Civil War and Emancipation (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Education, We've Come This Far by Faith:, and A Historical Timeline of Augusta.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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