https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_Chapel_%28Atlanta,_Indiana%29

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/2023/04/27/roberts-settlement-exhibit-to-tell-black-hamilton-county-pioneer-story/69991281007/

Roberts Settlement was founded in rural Hamilton County in 1838 as a home for Black and mixed-race individuals.

The county seat of Noblesville also hosted Black AME and Baptist congregations beginning in 1853 and 1873.

African American Church Buildings in Noblesville

https://www.through2eyes.com/post/2019/08/01/the-roads-and-rhodes-of-westfield-indiana

https://digitalresearch.bsu.edu/digitalcivilrightsmuseum/items/show/20

https://www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/392/Bray-Family-Park-History

https://www.grayfriends.org/

Historic Places: First Friends Church in Noblesville Indiana

Methodists, Baptists and “Christians” played key roles in founding churches in the pioneer 19th century. Some of these churches or their descendants remain influential to this day. The historical summary below is from 1915.

http://genealogytrails.com/ind/hamilton/church-history.html

Back in the day: White Chapel among county’s oldest religious structures

Bethel Lutheran Church of Noblesville celebrating significant milestone Oct. 22

https://sacredheartcicero.org/welcome

Bethlehem United Methodist Church – Fishers

Religious Diversity Continues Today

The Pew Research Institute rates Hamilton County as 0.745 on a 0 to 1.0 scale of religious diversity, 20% more diverse than the national average.

The 2020 PRRI Census of American Religion

Hamilton County has the national average of 1% of LDS, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhists. It hosts 2% of Jewish faith members versus the 1% national average. The county reports 25% unaffiliated, slightly above the national average of 23%. The county reports only one-third of the national average of Black and Hispanic religious members today. It has 50% more White Catholics, Evangelicals and Mainstream Protestants compared with the national average (63% vs 44% overall).

Sperling’s Best Places reports that Hamilton County has 45% religious citizens versus the national average of 49%.

https://www.bestplaces.net/county/indiana/hamilton

Hamilton County has 172 places of worship.

https://maps.nazarene.org/ARDADemographics/?search=46032

At 2,074 people per congregation there are one-half as many churches as the national average of 1,000 (332M/350K). It’s difficult to interpret this number. I think that it reflects the lag between population growth and church planting. Nearby Indianapolis is noted for its nation leading 2,900 churches for 1 M people or one church for every 300 people.

https://www.usreligioncensus.org/

What US City Has The Most Churches?

Diverse Church Architecture

Like the rest of America, Hamilton County hosts several megachurches. It also hosts a wide variety of denominations.

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Traders Point named fifth-fastest growing church in U.S.

https://htcindy.org/about

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/fishers/2014/05/10/faith-display-opening-st-george-fishers/8937949/

Indiana’s only LDS temple located in Hamilton Co.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_God_(Anderson,_Indiana)