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Ellenton Baptist Church

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Demonination

Missionary Baptist

Pastor

J.F. Reeder

Race/Ethnicity

White

County

Manatee County (Fla.)

City

Ellenton

Established

1920

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On many of the scans, text appears to bleed through from the reverse page as survey workers often used recycled paper printed on one side with unrelated material. Users should be aware that the bleed-through is not a missing page.

Title

Ellenton Baptist Church

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs.

Church buildings -- Florida

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WPA Church Record for Ellenton Baptist Church in Ellenton, Manatee County, established in 1920. This Missionary Baptist church served a mainly white congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by J.F. Reeder.

Creator

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1920

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_3001

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Missionary Baptist

County

Manatee County (Fla.)

City

Ellenton

Race/Ethnicity

White

Pastor

J.F. Reeder

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1004071

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Church Name

Ellenton Baptist Church

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Ellenton Baptist Church. 1920. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/249678>, accessed 14 June 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Ellenton Baptist Church. 1920. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/249678>

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