Sam Black Church, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

Sam Black Church
Unincorporated community
Historic Sam Black Church.
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Coordinates: 37°53′56″N 80°37′52″W / 37.89889°N 80.63111°W / 37.89889; -80.63111
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Greenbrier
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)

Sam Black Church is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. It is located at the intersection of Interstate 64 and U.S. Route 60 on the Midland Trail, a National Scenic Byway. The community is named for the Sam Black Church, a Registered Historic Place built in 1902 which is nearby. Reverend Sam Black was a Southern Methodist preacher and circuit rider who preached an area stretching multiple counties from Kanawha County to Greenbrier County and helping to establish numerous churches in the area. He died on July 13, 1899, at the age of 86.

In popular culture

An influential hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, named their band Sam Black Church after this community as it is where their drummer J.R. Roach was living at the time.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Lewisburg
Cities	Lewisburg Ronceverte White Sulphur Springs	Greenbrier County map
Towns	Alderson‡ Falling Spring Quinwood Rainelle Rupert
CDP	Fairlea
Other communities	Alta Alvon Anjean Anthony Asbury Auto Bellburn Bingham Blaker Mills Blue Bend Blue Sulphur Springs Bowes Brantville Burdette Caldwell Charmco Clearco Clendenenville Clintonville Cobb Cordova Cornstalk Crag Crawley Crichton Dawson Dennis Dickson Droop Mountain Duo Esty Farmdale Fort Donnally Fort Spring Frankford Frazier Friars Hill Gardner Grassy Meadows Half Way Henning Hickory Grove Hines Hopper Hughart Julia Keister Kessler Kieffer Lawn Leonard Leslie Lile Lilly Park Loopemount Loveridge Mapledale Marfrance Maxwelton McRoss Meadow Bluff Modoc Morlunda Neola North Bend North Caldwell Nutterville Organ Cave Orient Hill Oscar Palestine Patton‡ Piercys Mill Renicks Valley Richlands Rock Cliff Rockland Rorer Sam Black Church Shawver‡ Shawvers Crossing Shryock Sims Smoot Snowflake Spring Creek Sue Sunlight Teaberry Trainer Trout Tuckahoe Unus Vago Vale Whiteoak Grove Wild Meadow Williamsburg Woodman
Ghost towns	Alum Springs Brink Bryant Fairview McClung Walker Hill Whitcomb
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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MacKenzie, Peggy (April 4, 2016). "The amazing music of Boston's Sam Black Church: A documentary of hardcore/metal band with local roots". Mountain Messenger. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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