First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a church at 800 Thompson Street in Hanover County, VA 23005. It is one of 10 churches in Hanover County.
800 Thompson Street, Hanover County, VA, 23005First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 36.3% (18.2–54.6%)
- Social Isolation: 35.5%
- Depression: 24.0%
- Poverty Rate: 17.6% (10.2–25.1%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Ashland town is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 512 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Church of Christ of Ashland — 0.2 mi away
- Union Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Ann's Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- St. James the Less Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Ashland, VA
- Saint Andrew's Orthodox Church — 0.8 mi away in Ashland, VA
- New Creation Ministry — 0.8 mi away in Ashland, VA
- Ashland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) — 0.9 mi away
- Breakout Ministries — 1 mi away in Ashland, VA
- Saint Annes Roman Catholic Church — 1 mi away