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Catfish Creek Baptist Church is a historic
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located near Latta,
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. It was built in 1883, and is a pine structure measuring 60 feet long and 40 feet wide. The front façade features brick steps and brick pedimented
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with four supporting columns added in 1970. It is the oldest church congregation in Dillon County, dating to 1802. It was added to the
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in 1975.


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