Historic Fort Union A.M.E. Church

The community around Historic Fort Union A.M.E. Church

It takes 3.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 41.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
• Poverty Rate: 23.9% (13.3–34.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.9%
• Diabetes: 17.1%
• Child Poverty: 24.5% (9.4–39.6%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (7.0–18.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Historic Fort Union A.M.E. Church

• Hopewell Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Rosemary Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Delaware Church — 3 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 3.7 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 4.1 mi away
• Olive Branch Church — 4.7 mi away in Jasper, FL
• Antioch Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away
• Suwannee Station Baptist Church — 5.5 mi away
• Mt Pleasant AME Church — 5.6 mi away in Jasper, FL
• Peter's Grove Baptist Church — 5.7 mi away