Presbytery Boundaries Defined
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PRESBYTERY DIRECTORY 99 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 Virginia, 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 South Carolina 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 North Carolina: 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 Georgia 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. 100 YEARBOOK 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 Mississippi 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 Alabama 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 Highway 78 and east of the Chattahoochee River, 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. PRESBYTERY DIRECTORY 101 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. 102 YEARBOOK 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 Atlanta Presbytery (5) The Georgia counties of Dekalb, Fulton, Clayton, Cobb (East of I-75), Dawson, Lumpkin, Coweta, Heard, Spalding, Troup, Merriweather, Pike, Fayette, Forsyth,