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HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP (UNINCORPORATED AREA) <br /> 1 . Religious <br /> A . ST. MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH <br /> w/s St. Mary 's Rd . CSR1002] between King and Tryon Sts . <br /> tmr: 4.31 .F . 1 <br /> org: 1752, reorganized 1824 bldg: 1824-1826 <br /> cem: extensive and well -kept, secluded by low brick <br /> wall . Many ornate stones, including large obelisks, <br /> crypts, and Episcopal crosses . A small number of <br /> plots are marked with field stones . Interred <br /> included Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin ( 1787-1870) . <br /> Family names Ruffin , Cain , Cameron , Strudwick, <br /> Jones predominate. Some Civil War dead . Plat of <br /> churchyard hangs in church vestibule. <br /> National Register site. Church building is gothic <br /> revival . Extensively and frequently remodeled <br /> between 1830 and 1875 to include tower, gallery, <br /> recessed chancel and spire. First rector is buried <br /> beneath altar. Building and cemetery are adjacent <br /> to town ' s corporate limits; church property extends <br /> into town . <br /> B. BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH <br /> n/s West Hill Ave. CSR1161 ] at Orange Heights Loop <br /> tmr: 4.32.C. 1 <br /> org: post 1971 bldg: <br /> cem: none adjacent <br /> In Hillsborough etj . <br /> C. CAVALRY BAPTIST CHURCH <br /> s/s West HiII Ave. 0 .25 mile from US70 <br /> tmr: 4.32 <br /> org: bldg: <br /> cem: none adjacent <br /> D . GOSPEL BAPTIST TABERNACLE <br /> w/s Orange Grove Rd . [SR1006] n/o Ode Turner Rd . <br /> CSR1130] <br /> tmr: 4.48 .C.4 <br /> org: 1946 bldg: 1946 <br /> cem: adjacent <br /> E . CROSSROADS BAPTIST CHURCH <br /> nw corner Orange Grove Rd . CSR1006] and Crossroads <br /> Cemetery Church Rd . CSR1131 ] <br /> tmr: 4.47 .C. 4 <br /> org: 1883 bldg: 1910 <br /> cem: 0.5 mile w/o church at end of SR1131 in Chapel <br /> Hill Township . tmr is 7 . 1 . .2. <br /> 37 <br />