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The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The Missouri Baptist Convention is the state convention of Southern Baptists in Missouri.Headquartered in Jefferson City, it operates as a network of nearly 1,800 independent Southern Baptist churches, which are divided into eight regions and 60 Baptist associations.
Galena was platted in 1852, and named for deposits of the ore galena near the original town site. [7] An early variant name was "Jamestown". [8] A post office has been in operation at Galena since 1853. [9] [10] Roscoe Jackson was the last person to be publicly executed in the United States, which took place in Galena, in 1937. [11]
The Southern Illinois District includes 96 congregations [2] and 1 mission start, [3] subdivided into 11 circuits, as well as 14 preschools, 22 elementary schools, and 3 high schools. [4] Baptized membership in district congregations is 43,046. [5] District pastors and lay members are involved in ministry in 27 prisons and jails located in the ...
The Galena Historic District is a historic district located in the city of Galena, Illinois, United States. The historic district encompasses 85 percent of the city of Galena and includes more than 800 properties. The downtown area consists of three successive tiers made up of Main, Bench and Prospect Streets.
Baptized membership in Eastern District congregations is approximately 40,000. [1] The Eastern District is one of the Synod's four original districts formed in 1854; much of its territory was separated into the Atlantic District in 1906. District offices are located in Williamsville, New York. Delegates from each congregation meet in convention ...
The site of the present church has been used as a church since the 1790s when old log church was possibly moved here to higher ground in 1794. An early stone church was erected on this site in 1835 [1] and consecrated on November 12, 1837. [2] The current church was built around the previous stone structure. [5]
The Galena Schoolhouse, sometimes shortened to the Galena School, is a historic one-room schoolhouse in Galena, South Dakota, United States. It held classes from 1882 until its closure in 1943. Since 1983, it has been preserved by the Galena Historical Society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.