First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church at 200 S York St in Nicholasville, KY 40356-1561. It is one of 62 churches in Nicholasville.

The first Negro church in Kentucky, and the first west of the Allegheny Mountains is what is known now as the First Baptist Church, located at the corner of Short and Deweese Streets, Lexington, Ky.

Serving since 1790

200 S York St, Nicholasville, KY, 40356-1561

Phone: +18598853983 · Website: https://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/ky.fayette.fbc.black.lex.html

First 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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 40.2%
  • Depression: 28.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
  • Child Poverty: 23.0% (11.2–35.1%)
  • Diabetes: 13.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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