Red River Meeting House, Religious heritage site and cemetery in Logan County, Kentucky
The Red River Meeting House is a wooden church in Logan County built to match the original structure and surrounded by gravestones set within the natural landscape. The burial ground extends across the grounds, connecting the prayer space with graves of early settlers.
In 1800, this location hosted the first religious camp meeting in the United States, sparking the Second Great Awakening movement. That gathering established a new form of religious practice that spread across the nation.
Services still happen here regularly, keeping alive the Presbyterian traditions that shaped early American religious life and community bonds for people today.
The grounds are open from sunrise to sunset year-round, with special arrangements possible for group tours and cemetery documentation. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes and be ready for uneven ground.
A gravestone in the cemetery bears the Twenty-third Psalm written in Gaelic, marking the Scottish roots of the area's first settlers. This marker stands as a quiet reminder of the immigrant backgrounds that shaped this place.
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