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Salem United Methodist Church

SC-128: The origin of this church can be traced to the organization of a local Methodist society soon after the American Revolution. By 1790 the Sandy Branch Society was joining regularly for worship, holding services in the open air and in the homes of members. Some time thereafter the congregation constructed their first church at […]



Salem United Methodist Church

NC-172: originally installed in 2007. The origin of Methodism in this part of Delaware can be traced to the early 1770s when a Methodist Society was organized and began meeting in the home of Isaac Hersey, a prominent farmer, and miller. Through the efforts of Hersey’s step-son William McIntire and others, the land on which […]