Southside Baptist Church

Southside Baptist Church is a church in Petersburg, Central Virginia, Virginia. Southside Baptist Church is situated nearby to Lee Memorial Park, as well as near the park Folly Castle Historic District.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lee Memorial Park and Central State Hospital.

Lee Memorial Park

Park

Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Legends Park is a historic park and national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes two contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing structures.

Central State Hospital

Hospital

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Central State Hospital, originally known as the Central Lunatic Asylum, is a psychiatric hospital in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. It was the first institution in the country for "colored persons of unsound mind". Central State Hospital is situated 1½ miles northwest of Southside Baptist Church.

Folly Castle Historic District

Park

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Folly Castle Historic District, also known as the West Washington Street Historic District, is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. Folly Castle Historic District is situated 2 miles northeast of Southside Baptist Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ettrick and Pocahontas Island.

Ettrick

Village

Photo: Jweaver28, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ettrick is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,241. The town is home to Virginia State University and the Petersburg Amtrak train station. Ettrick is situated 2½ miles north of Southside Baptist Church.

Pocahontas Island

Neighborhood

Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.

Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia, once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from Petersburg. Since 1915 a new channel for the river separated it from Chesterfield County and the former channel no longer separates it from the city. Pocahontas Island is situated 3 miles northeast of Southside Baptist Church.

Matoaca

Village

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Matoaca is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,725 at the 2020 census. It is named after the Pamunkey Paramount Chief’s daughter Matoaka who was better known by her nickname "Pocahontas". Matoaca is situated 3½ miles northwest of Southside Baptist Church.

Southside Baptist Church

Type: Church
Denomination: Baptist
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Petersburg, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.20099° or 37° 12′ 4″ north

Longitude

-77.42847° or 77° 25′ 43″ west

Elevation

171 feet (52 metres)

Open location code

87946H2C+9J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 780325739

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=baptist

GeoNames ID

4786782

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