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II. PRESBYTERY BOUNDARIES DEFINED

Note: The following Presbytery boundary descriptions have been gathered from Minutes of the General Assembly as the Assembly has approved them. The number after the name of the presbytery represents the chronological sequence in which that presbytery was organized by General Assembly. There is no longer a presbytery numbered 32, as Mid-America was dissolved, and there is no longer a presbytery numbered 18, as Louisiana was dissolved.

Arizona (23) The entire state of Arizona.

Ascension Presbytery (19) All of Pennsylvania north and west of and including the counties of McLean, Elk, Clearfield, Jefferson, Armstrong, Butler, and Beaver.

Blue Ridge Presbytery (65) All churches and missions in , bounded on the north and east and including the counties (and contained independent cities) of Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Rappannock, Culpeper, Orange, Louisa, Fluvanna, Buckingham, Prince Edward, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg; and bounded on the west by and including the counties of Giles, Pulaski, and Carroll (east of I-77).

Calvary Presbytery (8) All of west of and including the counties of Edgefield, Saluda, Newberry, Laurens, and Cherokee, excluding that part of Cherokee county south of I-85 and east of the Broad River and that section south and east of State Routes 211 and 105.

Catawba Valley Presbytery (81) The following counties of : Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg north of Interstate 85, and Rowan.

Central Carolina Presbytery (21) The following counties of North Carolina: Anson, Cumberland, Hoke, Lee, Mecklenburg south of Interstate 85, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Stanly, and Union.

Central Florida Presbytery (20) The following counties of Florida: Marion, Levy, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Sumter, Lake, Volusia, Semiole, Orange, Osceola, and Brevard.

Central Presbytery (4) All of Georgia south of and including Harris, Talbot, Upson, Lamar, Butts, Jasper, Morgan, Greene, and Hancock counties; and west of the following counties: Washington, Johnson, Laurens, Wheeler, Telfair, Coffee, Atkinson, Clinch and Echols.

Central Indiana Presbytery (80) The following Indiana counties: south of and including Newton, Benton, White, Cass, Miami, Grant, Blackford, and Jay; north and east of and including Vermillion, Parke, Putnam, Morgan, Monroe, Lawrence, Orange, Crawford, and Perry; excluding Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Jefferson, Scott, Clark, Floyd, Washington, and Harrison.

Chesapeake Presbytery (63) In Maryland, the city of Baltimore and the counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Anne Arundel, and Howard, excluding that area of Howard County west of US Route 29, south of MD Route 216, and east of MD Route 108; and Kent Island in Queen Anne’s County.

Chicago Metro Presbytery (70) Includes the counties of Cook, Dupage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will in the state of Illinois; Lake County in Indiana.

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Columbus Metro Presbytery (87) All mission works and churches of the greater Columbus Metro region located in the counties of Franklin, Madison, Union, Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, and Pickaway.

Covenant Presbytery (7) All the counties of Arkansas except the counties of Benton, Carroll, Washington, Madison, and Boone; all of Tennessee west of the Tennessee River (between Pickwick Lake and Kentucky Lake); and all of north of and including the counties of Washington, Sunflower, Leflore, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, and Carroll County north of MS Hwy 430.

Eastern Canada Presbytery (27) The whole area of the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

Eastern Carolina Presbytery (22) All of North Carolina east of and including the following counties: Person, Orange, Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Bladen, and Columbus.

Eastern Pennsylvania Presbytery (73) The counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike, Monroe, Wyoming, Luzerne, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, and Montgomery (north of Germantown Pike and east of I-476, excluding Cheltenham and Abington Townships).

Evangel Presbytery (12) The counties of Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Cleburne, Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair, Blount, and Coosa.

Fellowship Presbytery (55) South Carolina counties of Chester, York, Union, Lancaster and that part of Cherokee County south of I-85, and east of the Broad River and that section south and east of State Route 211 and 105.

Georgia Foothills Presbytery (76) Gwinnett and Walton counties north of US 78 and east of the , and all of Hall, Barrow, Jackson, Clarke, Oconee, Habersham, and Union counties; also the counties of Oglethorpe, Elbert, Madison, Hart, Franklin, Banks, White, Stephens, Rabun, and Towns.

Grace Presbytery (9) All of Mississippi south of and including the following counties: Claiborne, Copiah, Simpson, Smith, Jasper, and Clarke.

Great Lakes Presbytery (28) All of the state of Michigan; Indiana counties north and east of and including the counties of Porter, Jasper, Pulaski, Fulton, Wabash, Huntington, Wells, and Adams.

Gulf Coast Presbytery (2) Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia (west of SR 113 and CR 17) counties of Alabama; all of Florida west of and including the counties of Madison and Taylor.

Gulfstream Presbytery (69) The Florida counties of Palm Beach, Martin, Okeechobee, Indian River, and St. Lucie.

Heartland Presbytery (45) All of Kansas, with the northwest Missouri counties of: Atchinson, Nodaway, Worth, Harrison, Gentry, Holt, Andrew, DeKalb, Daviess, Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, Lafayette, Cass, and Johnson.

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Heritage Presbytery (26) The entire State of Delaware; In Maryland, all of Cecil County together with all that part of the State of Maryland on the Delmarva peninsula including Kent, Caroline, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester counties (but excluding Kent Island); In Chester County, Pennsylvania, the following townships: New Garden, Elk, New London, London Grove ( north of Route 41), London Britain, Birmingham, Pennsbury, East Marlborough, West Marlborough, Kennett, and Franklin, including the towns/boroughs contained therein, e.g., West Grove, Avondale, and Kennett Square.

Hills and Plains All counties in the state of Oklahoma; in Arkansas the counties of Benton, Carroll, Washington, Madison, and Boone; in Missouri the counties of Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Dade, Polk, Dallas, Laclede, Texas, Wright, Webster, Greene, Lawrence, Christian, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney, Stone, and Barry.

Houston Metro Presbytery (66) All of the area south of and including the following Texas counties: Leon, Houston, Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine and Sabine and the area east of and including the following Texas counties: Leon, Madison, Walker, Montgomery, Waller, Austin, Colorado, Wharton, and Matagorda.

Illiana Presbytery (29) All of Illinois south of and including the counties of Pike, Morgan, Christian, Shelby, Moultrie, Douglas, and Edgar; all of Indiana south and west of and including the counties of Vigo, Clay, Owen, Greene, Martin, Dubois, and Spencer; and the following counties in Kentucky: Hancock, Daviess, Henderson, and Union.

Iowa Presbytery (64) All of the state of Iowa except Pottawattamie County.

James River Presbytery (13) The mid‐eastern counties and cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia, including the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George, Caroline, Essex, Westmoreland, Richmond, Middlesex, Northumberland, Lancaster, King William, King and Queen, Hanover, Henrico, Charles City, New Kent, Chesterfield, Goochland, Powhatan, Amelia, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Nottoway, Sussex, Brunswick, and Greensville; and the independent cities of Richmond, Hopewell, Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Fredericksburg.

Korean Capital Presbytery (51) All of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, including Washington, D. C.

Korean Central Presbytery (41) All of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, North Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota.

Korean Eastern Presbytery (36) All of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Korean Northeastern Presbytery (82) All of New York and the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Korean Northwest Presbytery (52) All of the California counties north of and including San Louis Obispo, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, and Mono.

Korean Southeastern Presbytery (42) All of North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

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Korean Southern Presbytery (44) All of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

Korean Southwest Presbytery (37) All of the California counties south of and including Inyo, Kern, and Santa Barbara; Los Angeles County and adjacent counties (excluding counties covered by Korean Northwest Presbytery). Also the states of Colorado and Nevada.

Korean Southwest Orange County (O.C.) Presbytery (84) The California counties of Orange, San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial; and the state of Arizona.

Lowcountry Presbytery (86) The South Carolina counties of Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, Calhoun, and Orangeburg.

Metro Presbytery (5) The Georgia counties of Dekalb, Fulton, Clayton, Cobb (East of I-75), Dawson, Lumpkin, Coweta, Heard, Spalding, Troup, Merriweather, Pike, Fayette, Forsyth, Rockdale, Newton, Henry, and Gwinnett south of 78 and west of the Chattahoochee River.

Metropolitan New York Presbytery (57) The counties of New York State in the metropolitan area including Rockland, Westchester, Staten Island, and Long Island; all of New Jersey north of and including Middlesex and Mercer counties; and the Connecticut panhandle county of Fairfield west of and excluding Norwalk and New Canaan, CT.

Mississippi Valley Presbytery (10) The following counties of Mississippi: Issaquena, Sharkey, Humphreys, Holmes, Montgomery, Attalla, Winston, Noxubee, Yazoo, Madison, Leake, Neshoba, Kemper, Warren, Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Newton, Lauderdale, and Carroll County south of MS Hwy 430. In northeast Louisiana the following parishes: Union, Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll, Lincoln, Ouachita, Richland, Madison, Jackson, Winn, Caldwell, Franklin, Tensas, Grant, La Salle, Catahoula, and Concordia.

Missouri Presbytery (34) All of Missouri excluding the northwest counties of: Atchinson, Nodaway, Worth, Harrison, Daviess, Gentry, Andrew, Holt, DeKalb, Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Ray, Clay, Platte, Jackson, Lafayette, Johnson, Cass; and further excluding the Missouri counties of Jasper, McDonald, and Newton.; and further excluding the Missouri counties of Dade, Polk, Dallas, Laclede, Texas, Wright, Webster, Greene, Lawrence, Christian, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney, Stone, Barry.

Nashville Presbytery (56) All of Kentucky south and west of and including the counties of Crittenden, Webster, McLean, Ohio, Grayson, Hart, Green, Adair, Russell and Wayne; all of Tennessee east of the Tennessee River (between Pickwick Lake and Kentucky Lake) to the eastern borders of the counties of Clay, Overton, Putnam, White, Van Buren, Grundy, and Franklin.

New Jersey Presbytery (30) All of New Jersey, south of and including Burlington and Monmouth counties.

New River Presbytery (17) All of West Virginia except for the counties of Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson.

New York State Presbytery (59) All of New York State except those churches and counties belonging to Metropolitan New York Presbytery.

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North Florida Presbytery (58) The following counties of Florida: Hamilton, Suwannee, Lafayette, Dixie, Columbia, Baker, Union, Alachua, Gilchrist, Nassau, Duval, Bradford, Clay, Putnam, St. Johns, and Flagler; and northeast Marion County to include the town of McIntosh.

North Texas Presbytery (11) The area of Texas north of and including the counties of Brewster, Terrell, Crockett, Schleicher, Menard, McCulloch, San Saba, Lampasas, Bell, Falls, Limestone, Freestone, Anderson, Cherokee, Rusk, and Shelby, but excluding the counties of El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, Jeff Davis, and Presidio; the northwest Louisiana parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River, Bienville, Sabine, and Natchitoches

Northern California Presbytery (47) All of the California counties north of and including the counties of San Luis Obispo, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, and Mono; the Nevada counties of Douglas, Lyon, Carson City, and Storey; the state of Hawaii; the state of Utah.

Northern Illinois Presbytery (35) The state of Illinois north of and including the counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Menard, Sangamon, Logan, Macon, Pratt, Champaign, and Vermilion, but not including the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will.

Northern New England Presbytery (31) All of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Northwest Georgia Presbytery (75) Bounded roughly by the I-75 and I-575 interstate corridor on the east, the Alabama state line on the west, I-20 on the south, and Tennessee Valley Presbytery on the north; includes the Georgia counties of Bartow, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Paulding, Haralson, and Polk.

Ohio Presbytery (79) All of Ohio north and east of and including the counties of Mercer, Shelby, Logan, Hardin, Marion, Morrow, Knox, Coshocton, Muskingum, Perry, Morgan, Hocking, Vinton, Athens, Meigs, Washington, Noble, Guernsey, Tuscarawas, Stark, Mahoning, Trumbull and Ashtabula, but not including the counties of Columbiana, Carroll, Harrison, Belmont, Monroe, and Jefferson.

Ohio Valley Presbytery (62) The counties of Ohio south and west of but not including Mercer, Shelby, Logan, Union, Madison, Pickaway, Hocking, Vinton, and Meigs; all of Kentucky north and east of and including the counties of Breckinridge, Hardin, Larue, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, and McCreary; and the Indiana counties of Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Jefferson, Scott, Clark, Floyd, Washington, and Harrison.

Pacific Presbytery (16) The California counties of Inyo, Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino; and Clark county, Nevada.

Pacific Northwest Presbytery (33) The states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in their entirety.

Palmetto Presbytery (38) All of South Carolina south and east of and including the counties of Aiken, Lexington, Richland, Fairfield, Kershaw, and Chesterfield.

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Pee Dee Presbytery (85) The South Carolina counties of Chesterfield, Marlboro, Lee, Sumter, Darlington, Florence, Dillon, Marion, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Georgetown, and Horry.

Philadelphia Presbytery (24) Eastern Pennsylvania east of and including the counties of Susquehanna, Wyoming, Luzerne, Carbon, Lehigh, Montgomery, and Chester County west of Route 41.

Philadelphia Metro West Presbytery (74) All of Delaware County; Chester County northeast of Route 41, excluding the townships of Birmingham, Pennsbury, East and West Marlborough, New Garden, London Grove, Kennett, and Kennett Square Borough; and all of Montgomery County west of I-476, as well as that portion east of I 476 but south of Germantown Pike.

Piedmont Triad Presbytery (61) The following counties of North Carolina: Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Yadkin, Davie, Davidson, Stokes, Forsyth, Rockingham, Guilford, Randolph, Caswell, Alamance, and Wilkes.

Pittsburgh Presbytery (54) All of Ohio east and south of and including the counties of Columbiana, Carroll, and Monroe; Garrett and Allegany counties in Maryland; and western Pennsylvania south and west of and including the counties of Washington, Alleghany, Westmoreland, Indiana, Cambria, Blair, and Bedford.

Platte Valley Presbytery (77) The state of Nebraska and Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

Potomac Presbytery (48) The following Maryland counties, together with the cities contained in their borders: Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Saint Mary’s, Washington, and that portion of Howard County west of U.S. Highway 29, south of SR 216, and east of SR 108; the following Virginia counties, together with the cities contained in their borders: Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William; Washington, D.C.; the following West Virginia counties, together with the cities contained in their borders: Berkley, Jefferson, and Morgan.

Providence Presbytery (78) The Alabama counties of Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, Jackson, Cherokee, Dekalb, Marshall, Morgan, Lawrence, Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Winston, and Cullman.

Rio Grande The entire state of New Mexico; the Texas county of El Paso.

Rocky Mountain Presbytery (50) The states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.

Savannah River Presbytery (67) All of Georgia south of and including the following counties: Taliaferro, Wilkes, and Lincoln; and east of Greene, Hancock, Washington, Johnson, Laurens, Wheeler, Telfair, Coffee, Atkinson, Clinch, and Echols.

Siouxlands Presbytery (25) The States of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

South Coast Presbytery (46) The California counties of San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, and Orange.

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South Florida Presbytery (6) The following Florida counties: Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Cayman Islands.

South Texas Presbytery (39) The area south and including or bounded by the following Texas counties: Val Verde, Sutton, Kimble, Mason, Llano, Burnet, Williamson, Milam, Robertson, Brazos, Grimes, Washington, Fayette, Lavaca, Jackson, and Calhoun.

Southeast Alabama Presbytery (40) The area south and east of and including the counties of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Chilton, Autauga, Lowndes, Butler, Monroe, and Escambia (east of SR 113 and CR 17).

Southern Louisiana Presbytery (53) All of the Louisiana parishes south and east of and including Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles, and Pointe Coupee.

Southern New England Presbytery (60) All of Massachusetts and Rhode Island and that portion of Connecticut not included in Metro New York Presbytery.

Southwest Florida Presbytery (49) The Florida counties of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Polk, Highlands, and Hardee.

Suncoast Florida Presbytery (68) The Florida counties of Manatee, Sarasota, DeSoto, Charlotte, Glades, Hendry, Lee, and Collier.

Susquehanna Valley Presbytery (43) The following counties of Pennsylvania: Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Union, Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, Schuylkill, Berks, Lebanon, Dauphin, Snyder, Juniata, Perry, Cumberland, Mifflin, Huntindon, Fulton, Franklin, Adams, York, Lancaster, and all that part of Chester County west of Route 41 except the townships of Elk, New London, Franklin, London, Britain, and New Garden.

Tennessee Valley Presbytery (14) All of Tennessee from the western borders of the counties of Pickett, Fentress, Cumberland, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, and Marion to the eastern borders of the counties of Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, and Sevier; and five counties in Georgia: Dade, Walker, Whitfield, Catoosa, and Murray.

Tidewater Presbytery (83) The southeastern counties and cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the northeastern counties of the State of North Carolina, including: (from Virginia) the counties of Surry, Southampton, James City, York, Gloucester, Mathews, Isle of Wight, Accomack, and Northampton; and the cities of Williamsburg, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, and Franklin; and (from North Carolina) the counties of Currituck, Camden, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Bertie and the area of Dare County east of Croatan Sound and North of Oregon Inlet.

Warrior Presbytery (1) The following counties of Alabama: Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Hale, Bibb, Sumter, Perry, Choctaw, Marengo, Dallas, Wilcox, Washington, and Clarke.

Western Canada Presbytery (72) All of the area within the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia; the Northwest Territories; and the Yukon Territory.

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Western Carolina Presbytery (15) All of North Carolina west of and including counties of Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, and Rutherford; and Cocke County, Tennessee.

Westminster Presbytery (3) All of Virginia west of and including counties of Buchanan, Tazewell, Bland, and that portion of Carroll county west of I-77; the following counties of Tennessee: Hancock, Hawkins, Greene, Washington, Sullivan, Carter, Unicoi, and Johnson.

Wisconsin Presbytery (71) All counties within the state limits of Wisconsin.