Bethesda, Durham County, North Carolina

Bethesda, Durham County, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Bethesda Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°56′33″N78°50′18″W / 35.94250°N 78.83833°W / 35.94250; -78.83833
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Durham
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	27703
GNIS feature ID	981185

Bethesda is an unincorporated community in southeastern Durham County, North Carolina, United States, on South Miami Boulevard, off U.S. Route 70. The community has two churches, two schools, and a ZIP code of 27703. It has mostly been annexed into the city of Durham.

Bethesda was named for Bethesda Baptist Church, which was organized in 1884. ^[1]

References

1. Anderson 2011, p. 165.

Works cited

• Anderson, Jean Bradley (2011). Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN   9780822349839.

External links

• Bethesda at the U.S. Geographic Names Information System