Roanoke Baptist Association
N 37° 32.943 W 079° 51.422
17S E 600962 N 4156396
This historic marker is located in the median of U. S. Route 220 north of Fincastle, Virginia
Waymark Code: WM120J
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2006
Views: 54
The Valley Baptist Association was organized in 1841 at the Zion Hill Baptist Church in present day Botetourt County.
The text of the marker reads:
ROANOKE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
"The (Roanoke) Valley Baptist Association was organized on 7 August 1841 at nearby Zion Hill Baptist Church. Seventeen congregations constituted the original fellowship of churches; during the next century and a half membership grew to more than seventy churches."