Byrd’s AME Church

Byrd's African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church on Smyrna Avenue in Clayton, Kent County, Delaware.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clayton station and St. Joseph’s Industrial School.

Clayton station

Historic building

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Clayton Railroad Station is a historic railway station located at Clayton, Kent County, Delaware. It was built about 1855, and is a one-story, five-bay, brick, Italianate-style building. Clayton station is situated 1,800 feet west of Byrd’s AME Church.

St. Joseph’s Industrial School

Protected area

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St. Joseph's Industrial School is a historic former Black Catholic school and historic district in Clayton, Kent County, Delaware. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. St. Joseph’s Industrial School is situated 3,200 feet west of Byrd’s AME Church.

Bannister Hall and Baynard House

House

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Bannister Hall and Baynard House is a national historic district located near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It includes structures dating from 1750. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Bannister Hall and Baynard House is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Byrd’s AME Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clayton and Smyrna.

Clayton

Village

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Clayton is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. Located almost entirely in Kent County, it is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 3,961 at the 2020 census.

Smyrna

Town

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Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. The section in Kent County is part of the Dover metropolitan statistical area while the portion in New Castle County is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Smyrna Landing

Hamlet

Smyrna Landing is an unincorporated community in Kent and New Castle counties of Delaware, United States. Smyrna Landing is located along Smyrna Landing Road at the crossing of Duck Creek, east of Smyrna. Smyrna Landing is situated 2 miles northeast of Byrd’s AME Church.

Byrd’s AME Church

Type: Church
Description: church building in Delaware, United States of America
Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
Location: Kent County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.2924° or 39° 17′ 33″ north

Longitude

-75.62682° or 75° 37′ 37″ west

Open location code

87F679RF+X7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 462888287

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

Wikidata ID

Q5004209

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