Churches of Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga Counties, North Carolina

This is a work in progress, an effort to identify all the churches that have existed over time in the Upper New River Valley. The status column shows status as of about 2000.

The format for this section is that churches are identified by county, then by general type, and name. You may use the column sort and search functions to find specific groupings. Each line has the name of the church, dates of operation, and affiliation by larger group.

Churches of Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga Counties, North Carolina
County	General Type	Name	Founded	Status	Association
Alleghany	Baptists	Antioch Primitive Baptist	1853	Active	Mountain District PB Assn.
Alleghany	Baptists	Baptists	1896	Active	Alleghany Baptist Assn. (Southern)
Alleghany	Baptists	Blue Ridge Primitve Baptist	1914	ca. 1980	Sandy Ridge District PB Assn.
Alleghany	Baptists	Calloway’s Chapel Baptist		fl. 1896	Ashe and Alleghany Baptist Assn.
Alleghany	Baptists	Christian Home Baptist	?	Active	?
Alleghany	Baptists	Crab Creek Primitive Baptist	1875	Active	Mountain District PB Assn.
Alleghany	Baptists	Cranberry Primitive Baptist	1817	1980	Mountain District PB Assn.
Alleghany	Baptists	Cherry Lane Union Bapitst		Active	Union Baptist Assn.
Alleghany	Baptists	Chestnut Grove Missionary Baptist	1897	Active	Alleghany Baptist Assn.
Alleghany	Baptists	Christian Home Baptist		Active	?

Credits: Jim Thompson provided a list of currently active churches in Ashe County; Minutes of various Baptist Associations; History of Ashe County by Arthur L. Fletcher, 1962 Methodism in Ashe By Garland Stafford; Grayson County Heritage Book, History of Alleghany County 1859-1976

Interview with Rev. Priscilla Walker, October, 1999.

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Churches of Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga Counties, North Carolina