Bethel College

Bethel College is a Tennessee historical marker in Carroll County.

Carroll Co, McLemoresville, on grounds of Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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Near this site, in 1842, Bethel College had its beginning as Bethel Seminary, founded by the West Tennessee Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The college continued here in McLemoresville until 1872, when it was moved to McKenzie. This commemorative marker was erected in 1992, as part of the college's Sesquicentennial year.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1832 · Kentucky (Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1848 · United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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