churches

The Defiance County, Ohio

Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 7006, Defiance, OH 43512-7006

CHURCHES

The following is a list of all known churches that have existed in Defiance County. For corrections, additions or questions contact DCGS at defiancegenealogy2002@yahoo.com

ADAMS TOWNSHIP
CHURCH	ADDRESS	ORIGIN
1. Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran	private homes	1850
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran	Adams Ridge & Youngman	1860
aka Bethlehem Lutheran	02454 Adams Ridge

2. Bethlehem German Lutheran - Okolona	Henry Co. Line & Gerken Rd.	1870
aka Bethlehem Lutheran	Henry Co. Line & Gerken Rd.

3. German Baptist or Dunkard	private homes	1850
aka German Baptist or Dunkard	Domersville & Flory Rd.	1850
aka Church of the Brethern		1867

4. St. Mark's evangelical German Lutheran	old school	1881-1895
aka St. Mark's Evangelical	Nagel & Domersville
aka St. Mark Lutheran	25950 Nagel Road	1895

5. St. Michael's Holy Roman Catholic	private homes	1844
	Moser Road	1861
aka St. Michael's Ridge Catholic	05480 Moser Road

TIFFIN TOWNSHIP
6. Coy Log Cabin		1826
aka Evansport Church	River Bank Tiffin River	1835
aka Evansport Methodist Episcopal
aka Evansport Metjodist
aka Evansport United Methodist	1560 West Street, Evansport	1874

7. Olive Branch United Brethern	SR 15 (across Fish & Game)	1866
aka Olive Branch Church of God	SR 15 (by Fish & Game)

8. St John's German Methodist Church	Old Cemetery	1840
aka St. John Methodist	Griber & Gares Road	1896-1900

9. Tri-State Yokefellow House	Evansport Road	1959
aka Yokefellow House	2603 Evansport Road

10. United Brethern (old)	East Dexter St.	1887-1914

11. Catholic	private homes	1846
	Joseph Batt Home	1856
aka Mud Creek Church
Marysdale Immaculate Conceptual Catholic	SR 15	1914
aka Marysdale Catholic		1964

199 Rural Chapel
119 Gospel Temple	SR 15, 4 1/2 mile S of Ney	1932
202 Salem Methodist Episcopal Church	SR 15	1890-1914

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
12. Bethel of Fairview Church of God	Four Township Point	1889
aka Fairview Church of God		1915
aka Church of God

13. Lick Creek Bethel		1870
aka Christian Mercy Fellowship	730 Main Street, Ney

192. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	Old Ney School

14. German Lutheran Church	Ney	unknown

15. Winebrenarian Church	Mulligans Bluff	1870
aka Bethel Church of God	moved to old Ney Church God	1898
aka Ney church of God	SR 15	1995

16. Homes		1868
School House	165 North Water St, Ney
aka Ney United Methodist	190 N. Jackson Street	1926
aka Ney Methodist Episcopal Church	corner of Rice and Water Street	1907

17. Six Mile Chapel	Struble Road	1987

200. United Brethren Church	Scott and Flickinger	1881

FARMER TOWNSHIP
18. Homes		1887
aka Dry Creek United Brethren	Sec. 26 (1 mile E of Farmer)	1890-1940

19. Emmanuel's Jutheran	Detroit in Williams Center	1875
Disbanded		1886
Emmanuel's Lutheran		1887

20. Farmer Church of Christ	Rt. 2 and 249	1884

21. Farmer Union United Methodist	Ohio 2	1850
aka Farmer Union

23. Lost Creek Emmanuel	W of Farmer on Rt 249	1848-1934
aka Lost Creek Presbyterian		1934-1935
aka Westland?

97. Lost Creek Lutheran	by Lower Lost Creek Cemetery	1859-1930's

130. Lower Lost Creek Lutheran	1st. church in cemetery	1860
	2nd. church
	3rd. church	1895-1920

MILFORD TOWNSHIP
70. Cicero Methodist	Cicero Road (? Township M or H)	unknown

25. Logan Church	Arrowsmith Road	1861
aka Logan Church of God	Scott and Rosedale Rd.	1876

26. Hard Corners Methodist Church	Scott & Rosedale Road	1866-1916
aka Methodist Episcopal Church	Scott & Rosedale Road	1876

27. School House	Casebeer-Miller Road	1890
aka United Brethern Church		1890
aka West Milford Chapel
aka West Milford Church of Christ	4855 Casebeer-Miller Road	1910

28 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church	1018 Cicero Road (7 Wms. - Def. Co. Road)	1884

29. Emanuel Church	Kramer Road	(1998 Map)

197. Milford Twp. Methodist Church	Clarksville Road	1872-1920

HICKSVILLE TOWNSHIP
70. Cicero Methodist	Cicero Road (?twp., M or H)	unknown

204. Bretheran Church	W. Arthur

30. Church of Christ	Smith and Maple Street

31. First Baptist Chjurch	411 S. Defiance St. or SR 2
aka First Baptist Mission

32. First Church of Christ	rented halls	1875
	Main Street, 1 block N of High	1877
	118 N. Main Street	1882

33. First Presbyterian Church	unknown	1855
	Corner of Bryan and High St.	1858
	Grange Hall & Elementary School	1962
	232 W. Arthur St. & High St.	1964

34. Grace United Methodist	Main & Edgerton Street	1840
	121 High Street (across from library)	1899

35. Hicksville Assembly of God	Fountain & Dixon	1993
	223 Edgerton	?

36. Hicksviile Church of the Nazerene	homes	before 1962
	Hicksville Bldy 7 Loan	1962
	Grange Hall	1962
	505 Antwerp Drive	1966

37. Lost Creek Mennonite Church	Rt. 249, 2 1/4 mile W of Farmer	1944
aka Hicksville Mennonite	237 W. arthur Street	1961

38. Hicksville Gospel Tabernacle	Creamery on High Street	1934
	S. Main Street	1935

39. Hicksville Missionary Church	home of Wm. Riper	1953
	Chicago Ave. & Spencerville	1954
	West High Street	1955

40. Hicksville Seventh Day adventist	various home & hall	before 1894
	Fountain & Dixon St.	1929

41. Hicksville Wesleyan Church	Defiance Ave.	unknown

42. Hilltop bible Center Church of God		1999

43. Old Order "Amish" mennonite	homes	1914

209. Lighthouse Church of God	Hicksville	2001

44. St. John's lutheran	various buildings	1877
	at Presbyterian Church	1884
	N Maple & E. Smith	1884
	812 E. High St.	1986

45. St. Michael's Catholic Church	unknown	1846
	small frame bldg. W. Edgerton St.	1880
	S. High & Antwerp Pike	1920
	100 Antwerp Drive

46. Presbyterian House of Worship	unknown	1873
aka St. Paul's Episcopal	across from library on W. High	1875

47. United Brethren Church	school house	1841-1853
	white frame bldg. on E. High St.	1853
aka Trinity United Methodist	137 High Street	1892

195. Methodist Episcopal

201. Alliance Church

205. Hicksville Christian Fellowship	3672 Buckskin	2001

22. First Methodist Church	S R 2 & 18	1840

214. Oak Grove Church	Hicksville Pike
MARK TOWNSHIP
48. Dayspring Fellowship Church	10625 Breininger Road

49. Mark Center United Methodist	10398 Farmer Mark Road

50. Platter Creek UB Church	Openlander Road	1878

51. Sharon Church United Brethern	Rosedale & Jericho	1894-1930

53. St. John Lutheran	1 mile N of SR 18 on Openlander	unknown

54. United Brethern Church at Nebo	Breininger Rd. & Jericho Rd.	1903-1920's

55. Union Church in Spindler Cemetery	South part of Spindler Cemetery	1915-1930

95. Spindler Methodist	beside Spindler Cemetery	1876-1935

DELAWARE TOWNSHIP
138. Delaware Bend Lutheran	Platt Map	unknown

56. Catholic	old log house edge of Newburg	1840's
aka Old St. Stevens	log "cabin" church	1855-1879
aka St. Stevens	16166 Speaker	1880

57. Old United Brethren Church	Delaware Bend Church	1872
aka Moat's Church

58. Open Bible Church	220 W. Pearl	1978

59. Sherwood United Brethern	NW corner of Sherwood Cemetery	1899
aka Sherwood-Delaware United Brethern	Elm & Rock St., Sherwood

60. Sherwood United Methodist	Sherwood

61. Lutheran	varioushomes 1859
aka St. John Lutheran	Hicksville Pike & Mark-Delaware	1875
	Henry Bok farm

62. Sherwood Church of Christ	at United Brethren	1978

193. Sherwood Community Church	Rock & Elm

194. Methodist Episcopal	Sherwood

198. Sherwood Baptist Church	210 W. Elm	2001

81. Sherwood Methodist Episcopal	log school house	1875
	a hall, corner Lawrence & Taylor	1880
	Taylor & Vine St.	1881

129. Delaware Bend Methodist	small frame building Bend Road	1854
	second frame church	1880-1910

131. East Mark St/ John's Evan. Lutheran Church	wooden frame in Sherwood	1882-1903

133. Maumee Dunkard Church	homes	1854
aka German Napist	church 1 mile N of SR 18	1875
aka Maumee Church of Brethren		1915

211. Wentworth Spiritualist	Sherwood

NOBLE TOWNSHIP
160. Universlite	Brunersburg	1863

203. Dunkard Church	Holgate Pike	unknown

63. Free Methodist Church	Trinity Rd. N of Buckskin

64. Peace Lutheran	8525 SR 66, North	1991

24. Elm Tree Reformed	SR 66	1901-1916
aka Free Methodist Church

52. German Methodist Church	SR 15 & 18	1847
aka St. John's Methodist

212. Zion Evangelical Reformed	Sherwood

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP
65. Independence Methodist Eposcopal Church	homes & schoolhouses	1826
aka Independence Methodist Church		1858
aka Independence United Methodist Church	9966 Adams Ridge Road

66. St. Johns Settlement	Egler & Jewell Road

157. English Lutheran Church	Independence	1815

158. Jewell United Brethern

175. Center Church	4 mile S of SR 15, 2 1/2 mile E	1880-1931

HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP
67. Arantha Christian Fellowship	Ayersville School	unknown

68. Ayersville Baptist Church	Ayersville Ave.	unknown

69. Ayersville Church of Christ	Route 7	1975

71. Methodist	various homes, schools & stores	1861
	Log building	1863
	frame building	1874
aka Ayersville Methodist Episcopal		1889
aka Ayersville United Methodist	27728 Ayersville Ave.	1971

72. God's Lighthouse Church	28125 Ayersville Road	unknown

73. Highland Chapel church		1899

74. Congregational Church	Fulmer & Foster School	1861
aka Highland Presbyterian church	Fulmer & Foster School	1870
	Ottawa Degiance Pike (1st church)	1899
	united with Defiance church	1968

75. Mount Carmel Baptist Church	Fulmer Road

76. Mount Calvary Evangelical	South of Defiance	1859
aka Mount Calvary Baptist Church	29013 Blanchard (& Harris)	1882

77. St. Stephen Evangelical	New Bavaria Road	1853
aka St. Stephens Lutheran	30304 New Bavaria Road

213. Center Chapel Church	Ayersville

DEFIANCE TOWNSHIP & CITY CHURCHES

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