Yelvington Baptist Church

Yelvington Baptist Church organized on June 30, 1813 about two miles west of its present location in Yelvington, Kentucky, is the oldest Southern Baptist congregation in Daviess County, Kentucky. When organized the church adopted its original name as "Panther Creek Church of Ohio County, near Yellowbanks." This name was adopted because of what is now known as Yelvington was in Ohio County at that time. In 1817 the name was changed to "Rock Spring", and in 1854 the name was changed to "Yelvington Baptist Church" and as remained so ever since.[1] It is the oldest Baptist church in Daviess County.[2]

References
  1. History of Daviess County, Kentucky, pp.851-853 Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois., 1883
  2. Hugh O. Potter's History of Owensboro and Daviess County, Kentucky,pp. 51 Herff Jones-Paragon Publishing, Montgomery, Alabama and Louisville, Kentucky, 1974


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