Neshannock Presbyterian Church & Cemetery - Hickory Twnp PA

The small group of Presbyterians began meeting in 1806 in Hickory Township, then a part of Mercer County. In 1810 they acquired some property and built a log cabin church that became known as the Neshannock Presbyterian Church. Around that church they started their own cemetery and in 1832 a larger wooden frame church was erected. In 1840 a dispute saw a faction of the congregation split off, a part of which later formed the Hermon Presbyterian Church on Frew Mill Road. The wooden church was lost to a fire in April 1867, but work soon commenced on a new brick church (shown above) that was completed in 1868. A basement was added in the 1920’s and other major additions were made in 1951 and 1963. (c1917)

The Neshannock Presbyterian Church had always shared a pastor with other nearby churches, but it 1965 – after acquiring some additional property and building a manse – the novice Reverend Andrew C. Byers was hired as the first fulltime pastor. In October 2006 the congregation, which is still going strong, celebrated its 200th anniversary. (Apr 2012)

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