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Mount Sinai Union American Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery

Peach Bottom, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

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  • Get directions Arcadia Trace Road
    Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania 15712 United States
    Coordinates: 39.76703, -76.18939
  • (717) 548-3828
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The History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans notes this church. They refer to it as Rigby. Listed under "African Churches," it refers to the church as being "… located at Arcadia Station on the Peach Bottom Railroad. This last has been long known the country through as ‘Rigby,' …" It mentions also that the Rigby Meeting is well attended by both white and colored.

Founded in 1837, the church has undergone many name changes over the years. According to Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania A Complete Guide by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr., Aaron Quimby provided land to the trustees of the African Union Church (now known as the Union American Methodist Episcopal Church). The land adjoined the land of Jarrett Rigby. The church then became known as the Rigby Union AME Church. A cemetery adjoined the meetinghouse. In 1876 land was deeded at Arcadia and a new church was built.

This new church would, no doubt, be the one referred to as Mount Holly or Arcadia. It is called Mount Sinai Union AME Church.

The Arcadia Station was served by the Lancaster Oxford and Southern Line. The line ran just north of Arcadia Trace Road. The station was located between Cherry Hill Road to the east and Peach Bottom Road to the west. It is located in Fulton Township.
The History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans notes this church. They refer to it as Rigby. Listed under "African Churches," it refers to the church as being "… located at Arcadia Station on the Peach Bottom Railroad. This last has been long known the country through as ‘Rigby,' …" It mentions also that the Rigby Meeting is well attended by both white and colored.

Founded in 1837, the church has undergone many name changes over the years. According to Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania A Complete Guide by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr., Aaron Quimby provided land to the trustees of the African Union Church (now known as the Union American Methodist Episcopal Church). The land adjoined the land of Jarrett Rigby. The church then became known as the Rigby Union AME Church. A cemetery adjoined the meetinghouse. In 1876 land was deeded at Arcadia and a new church was built.

This new church would, no doubt, be the one referred to as Mount Holly or Arcadia. It is called Mount Sinai Union AME Church.

The Arcadia Station was served by the Lancaster Oxford and Southern Line. The line ran just north of Arcadia Trace Road. The station was located between Cherry Hill Road to the east and Peach Bottom Road to the west. It is located in Fulton Township.

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