Riverton Churches

200 Years of Religion in Cinnaminson, Palmyra, Riverton

A few months ago Gerald Blaney donated to us a remarkable paperback book entitled 200 Years of Religion in Cinnaminson, Palmyra, Riverton, written by Mrs. Jean Billetter and illustrated by Mrs. Antoinette Rabil.

Published by the Cinnaminson-Palmyra-Riverton Council of Churches during our nation’s Bicentennial, this 45-year-old volume traces the history of each individual denomination that was in the Tri-Boro area at that time.

Click on the links below to read selected excerpts.

Title page, Preface, Pre-Revolutionary Period

WESTFIELD MONTHLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, CINNAMINSON 1785

EPWORTH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, PALMYRA 1840

PALMYRA MORAVIAN CHURCH 1852

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, RIVERTON 1855

THE CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART, RIVERTON 1874

CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, RIVERTON 1874

TRINITY A.M.E. CHURCH, CINNAMINSON 1876

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PALMYRA 1884

CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH OF RIVERTON AND PALMYRA 1885

SAINT PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH, EAST RIVERTON 1891

MOUNT ZION A.M.E. CHURCH, RIVERTON 1896

SAINT PAUL UNION AMERICAN M.E. CHURCH, PALMYRA 1903

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, RIVERTON 1911

EVERGREEN BAPTIST CHURCH, WEST PALMYRA 1920

THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PALMYRA AND RIVERTON 1921 AND BETHANY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 1938

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST MILLER’S TEMPLE, PALMYRA 1950

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John McCormick

Teacher at Riverton School 1974-2019, author, amateur historian, Historical Society of Riverton Board Member 2007-2023, newsletter editor 2007-2023, website editor 2011-2023

3 thoughts on “Riverton Churches”

    1. Hi, Dorothy – Members of the African Methodist Episcopal church first met in a room on the second floor of the Roberts Store that once stood on the point of Main and Howard Streets. In 1896 they acquired a small building at 3rd and Penn Sts. and soon enlarged it by extending it back to the limit of their property. Although the Mt. Zion AME church was dedicated in August of 1909, I have no vintage postcard images of it to display. I do include Mt. Zion in the list of Community Links (https://rivertonhistory.com/links/) and would welcome a an old photograph or postcard to include with the others. Thank you for your interest. – John McCormick, Editor

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