The following is a list of synods and presbyteries that composed the former United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America on December 31, 1968. The UPCUSA was the largest body, often erroneously referred to as "Northern," of Presbyterianism in the U.S., prior to its 1983 merger with the Presbyterian Church in the United States, whose churches were located entirely within the Southern and border states.
The judicatory territories enumerated here were altered at least once during the 1970s by the UPCUSA General Assembly, which, in turn, gave way to entirely new boundaries during the formative years of the current Presbyterian Church (USA) in the mid-1980s.
Synods are listed in bold, with their presbyteries underneath them, along with the number of congregations and total membership in the presbytery at that time. States included in territories are in parentheses, unless referred to in the synod or presbytery's name.
| Synod/Presbytery | churches | membership |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | ||
| Northern Arizona | 12 | 1520 |
| Phoenix | 57 | 16827 |
| Southern Arizona | 15 | 9441 |
| Catawba (North Carolina, Virginia) | ||
| Cape Fear (N.C.) | 34 | 2790 |
| Catawba (N.C.) | 44 | 5304 |
| Southern Virginia | 23 | 2525 |
| Chesapeake (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia) | ||
| Baltimore (Md.) | 76 | 32537 |
| New Castle (Del., Md.) | 56 | 21244 |
| Washington City (D.C., Md., Va.) | 72 | 40729 |
| Colorado | ||
| Boulder | 36 | 14444 |
| Denver | 51 | 26332 |
| Pueblo | 27 | 9802 |
| Western Colorado | 20 | 2755 |
| Florida | ||
| East Florida | 24 | 10660 |
| North Florida | 26 | 5446 |
| South Florida | 32 | 15971 |
| West Florida | 28 | 12819 |
| Golden Gate (northern California) | ||
| Redwoods | 51 | 14942 |
| San Francisco | 78 | 44191 |
| San Jose | 38 | 19319 |
| Idaho | ||
| Boise (Id., Oregon) | 15 | 5110 |
| Kendall | 20 | 5354 |
| Northern Idaho | 22 | 3031 |
| Illinois | ||
| Alton | 42 | 14004 |
| Bloomington | 35 | 14509 |
| Chicago | 141 | 86266 |
| Freeport | 42 | 15834 |
| Mattoon | 38 | 10261 |
| Monmouth | 58 | 17622 |
| Ottawa | 42 | 16100 |
| Peoria | 35 | 12629 |
| Southern Illinois | 64 | 10644 |
| Springfield | 41 | 13523 |
| Indiana | ||
| Crawfordsville | 39 | 11409 |
| Indianapolis | 54 | 28687 |
| Logansport | 58 | 26043 |
| New Albany | 41 | 6595 |
| Vincennes | 42 | 10124 |
| Wabash River | 49 | 24769 |
| Whitewater (Ind., Ohio) | 26 | 6441 |
| Iowa | ||
| Des Moines | 48 | 18931 |
| North Central Iowa | 63 | 20785 |
| Northeast Iowa | 58 | 19113 |
| Northwest Iowa | 60 | 18333 |
| Southeast Iowa | 61 | 18546 |
| Southwest Iowa | 59 | 12323 |
| Kansas | ||
| High Plains | 44 | 10982 |
| Neosho (Kan., Missouri) | 42 | 8197 |
| Solomon | 49 | 11950 |
| Topeka-Highland | 56 | 27838 |
| Wichita | 47 | 16643 |
| Kentucky | ||
| Ebenezer | 34 | 5484 |
| Transylvania | 26 | 5545 |
| Western Kentucky (Ky., Tennessee) | 31 | 3771 |
| Michigan | ||
| Detroit | 102 | 81424 |
| Grand River | 41 | 19527 |
| Lake Huron | 57 | 27286 |
| Mackinac (Mich., Wisconsin) | 41 | 9175 |
| Southern Michigan | 51 | 25578 |
| Mid-South (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia) | ||
| Birmingham "A" (Ala.) | 23 | 4038 |
| Holston (N.C., Tenn., Va.) | 35 | 3838 |
| Huntsville (Ala., Tenn.) | 23 | 3158 |
| Mississippi | 30 | 1468 |
| Nashville (Tenn.) | 28 | 3093 |
| Saint Andrew (Tenn.) | 30 | 3290 |
| Union (Tenn.) | 43 | 7875 |
| West Tennessee (Ark., Tenn.) | 25 | 2297 |
| Minnesota | ||
| Duluth | 45 | 11104 |
| Mankato | 51 | 13758 |
| Minneapolis | 36 | 21964 |
| Red River | 28 | 4544 |
| Saint Cloud | 20 | 5151 |
| Saint Paul (Minn., Wis.) | 24 | 14564 |
| Sheldon Jackson | 20 | 6608 |
| Missouri | ||
| Carthage-Ozark | 47 | 9083 |
| Iron Mountain (Ark., Mo.) | 14 | 1146 |
| Kansas City | 36 | 13347 |
| Kirk | 44 | 5028 |
| Saint Joseph | 34 | 4477 |
| Saint Louis | 70 | 38633 |
| Sedalia | 25 | 4015 |
| Nebraska | ||
| Box Butte | 15 | 4628 |
| Nebraska City (Kan., Neb.) | 36 | 14003 |
| Niobrara | 41 | 9258 |
| Omaha | 38 | 19085 |
| Platte | 41 | 12866 |
| New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont) | ||
| Boston (Mass.) | 25 | 5678 |
| Connecticut Valley (Conn., Mass.) | 21 | 12997 |
| Northern New England (Me., N.H., Vt.) | 32 | 4940 |
| Providence (Mass., R.I.) | 15 | 4341 |
| New Jersey | ||
| Elizabeth | 54 | 45221 |
| Monmouth | 46 | 22008 |
| Newark | 56 | 28671 |
| New Brunswick | 42 | 21769 |
| Newton | 66 | 29792 |
| Palisades | 61 | 30463 |
| West Jersey | 71 | 29663 |
| New Mexico | ||
| Pecos Valley | 12 | 2995 |
| Rio Grande | 29 | 10548 |
| Santa Fe | 20 | 3431 |
| New York | ||
| Albany | 92 | 26308 |
| Cayuga-Syracuse | 53 | 17257 |
| Genessee Valley | 80 | 39905 |
| Geneva | 68 | 21396 |
| Hudson River (N.Y., Pennsylvania) | 111 | 40268 |
| Long Island | 59 | 31309 |
| New York City | 117 | 40125 |
| Northern New York | 50 | 9100 |
| Puerto Rico | 52 | 7061 |
| Susquehanna Valley | 64 | 18634 |
| Utica | 47 | 13091 |
| Western New York | 76 | 43028 |
| North Dakota | ||
| Bismarck-Minot (Montana, N.D.) | 22 | 5164 |
| Fargo-Oakes | 25 | 4297 |
| Pembina | 35 | 4931 |
| Ohio | ||
| Cincinnati (Ky., Ohio) | 74 | 36473 |
| Cleveland | 71 | 48492 |
| Columbus | 77 | 40139 |
| Mahoning | 58 | 29141 |
| Maumee (Mich., Ohio) | 72 | 25481 |
| Miami | 73 | 35996 |
| Muskingum | 83 | 17160 |
| Scioto | 56 | 10752 |
| Steubenville | 57 | 14069 |
| Wooster | 56 | 23869 |
| Oklahoma-Arkansas | ||
| Arkansas (Ark., Mo.) | 44 | 5948 |
| Cimarron (Okla.) | 17 | 6907 |
| Eastern Oklahoma | 67 | 22397 |
| Washita (Okla.) | 53 | 14765 |
| Oregon | ||
| Eastern Oregon | 16 | 2867 |
| Portland | 57 | 25472 |
| Southwest Oregon | 28 | 8242 |
| Willamette | 32 | 11117 |
| Pennsylvania | ||
| Beaver-Butler | 97 | 33950 |
| Carlisle | 55 | 22613 |
| Donegal (Md., Penn.) | 69 | 30198 |
| Huntingdon | 60 | 14174 |
| Kiskiminetas | 96 | 24409 |
| Lackawanna | 80 | 19538 |
| Lake Erie | 69 | 25442 |
| Lehigh | 42 | 16101 |
| Northumberland | 48 | 10782 |
| Philadelphia | 182 | 101844 |
| Pittsburgh | 201 | 121229 |
| Redstone | 103 | 36557 |
| Shenango (Ohio, Pa.) | 74 | 31846 |
| Washington | 78 | 27510 |
| Rockies (Montana, Wyoming) | ||
| Glacier (Mont.) | 22 | 7044 |
| Wyoming | 28 | 10038 |
| Yellowstone (Mont.) | 28 | 6774 |
| Sierra (central California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah) | ||
| Nevada | 19 | 4351 |
| Sacramento (Calif.) | 37 | 18231 |
| San Joaquin (Calif.) | 39 | 15412 |
| Stockton (Calif.) | 21 | 6994 |
| Utah (Id., Utah) | 20 | 5930 |
| South Carolina-Georgia | ||
| Atlantic (S.C.) | 28 | 5073 |
| Fairfield-McClelland (S.C.) | 34 | 1931 |
| Georgia | 23 | 2281 |
| South Dakota | ||
| Black Hills | 25 | 4565 |
| Dakota (Minn., Neb., Mont., S.D.) | 23 | 1521 |
| Huron-Aberdeen | 34 | 6403 |
| Sioux Falls | 33 | 7005 |
| Southern California | ||
| Los Angeles-Southwest (Calif., Hawaii) | 49 | 39268 |
| Los Ranchos | 51 | 41942 |
| Riverside | 28 | 14829 |
| San Diego | 34 | 24904 |
| San Fernando | 32 | 22848 |
| San Gabriel | 42 | 30823 |
| Santa Barbara | 29 | 14068 |
| Texas | ||
| Alamo | 34 | 5457 |
| Big Bend | 16 | 3835 |
| Brazos | 56 | 12906 |
| Gulf Coast (Louisiana, Tex.) | 30 | 9273 |
| Plains | 31 | 8550 |
| Trinity | 85 | 13816 |
| Washington-Alaska | ||
| Alaska | 16 | 1887 |
| Bellingham (Wash.) | 21 | 5252 |
| Columbia River (Wash.) | 14 | 4714 |
| Olympia (Wash.) | 34 | 11492 |
| Seattle (Wash.) | 63 | 28378 |
| Spokane (Wash.) | 28 | 12547 |
| Walla Walla (Wash.) | 21 | 8153 |
| Wenatchee (Wash.) | 17 | 4571 |
| Yukon (Ak.) | 16 | 3011 |
| West Virginia | ||
| Grafton | 17 | 4500 |
| Parkersburg | 27 | 3752 |
| Wheeling | 27 | 9090 |
| Wisconsin | ||
| Chippewa (Mich., Wis.) | 42 | 7776 |
| Madison | 44 | 13212 |
| Milwaukee | 57 | 24562 |
| Winnebago | 42 | 15016 |
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