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CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Cumberland County

rumor has it that the first ever “round” of golf
played in the New World took place in a field
in the early 1700s.
Old Bluff Church
After visiting the historic post office and train
depot in Stedman, refuel at the mom-and-
pop soda shop serving up all the classic
favorites with our special Carolina flair.
Visit Old Bluff Church in Wade to view
its silver Communion goblets maintained
since the 1770s, or Ellerslie Plantation
in Linden, where both Union and
Confederate soldiers were quartered, at
separate times, during the Civil War’s
Battle of Averasboro.
Falcon is home to the famed
Octagon Tabernacle, a unique
octagonal church structure built
in 1898 by the town founder,
Julius Culbreth, and listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.
Take a stroll through Godwin
Presbyterian Church’s lovely
Friendship Garden in Godwin Octogon Tabernacle
or enjoy a warm day at Talley
Woodlands Park in Eastover, where
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