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243:. The historic church building, constructed in 1812, is the oldest church in the state of Indiana still standing on its original foundation.
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on Big Cedar Creek Road, between the road to Reily and the Oxford Pike was an arm or branch of the Little Cedar Grove
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258:The church was organized by
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946:Switzerland
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134:Coordinates
1085:Categories
996:Washington
971:Vermillion
951:Tippecanoe
911:St. Joseph
826:Montgomery
726:Huntington
326:References
124:Brookville
766:Kosciusko
746:Jefferson
711:Hendricks
576:Blackford
549:by county
250:in 1990.
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896:Randolph
806:Marshall
786:Lawrence
771:LaGrange
751:Jennings
706:Harrison
696:Hamilton
671:Franklin
666:Fountain
641:Delaware
626:Dearborn
616:Crawford
314:See also
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268:Kentucky
264:Virginia
217:90000366
194:Built by
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1016:Whitley
991:Warrick
936:Steuben
926:Spencer
886:Pulaski
791:Madison
781:LaPorte
756:Johnson
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651:Elkhart
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483:Indiana
283:Indiana
205:Federal
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981:Wabash
956:Tipton
931:Starke
921:Shelby
901:Ripley
891:Putnam
876:Porter
851:Orange
836:Newton
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681:Gibson
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861:Parke
841:Noble
816:Miami
716:Henry
686:Grant
661:Floyd
601:Clark
586:Brown
581:Boone
561:Allen
556:Adams
547:Lists
419:(PDF)
410:Note:
179:Built
976:Vigo
906:Rush
871:Pike
856:Owen
846:Ohio
776:Lake
761:Knox
606:Clay
596:Cass
426:2015
405:2015
374:ISBN
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