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Belmont in Gaston County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Belmont Abbey College

 
 
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Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 28, 2017
1. Belmont Abbey College Marker
Inscription. Roman Catholic. Liberal arts coeducational college. Founded, 1876, by Order of St. Benedict. One mile north.
 
Erected 2003 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number O-57.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationReligion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.
 
Location. 35° 15.172′ N, 81° 2.561′ W. Marker is in Belmont, North Carolina, in Gaston County. It is at the intersection of Wilkinson Boulevard (U.S. 74) and North Main Street (State Highway 7), on the right when traveling west on Wilkinson Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Belmont NC 28012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont and in Greater Charlotte. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once
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the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Andrι Michaux Visit (approx. 0.4 miles away); Goshen Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Belmont City Hall (approx. 0.7 miles away); South Fork Boys (approx. 0.7 miles away); William Chronicle (approx. 0.7 miles away); Piedmont & Northern RR Depot (approx. Ύ mile away); Belmont World War II Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); S.P. & E.P. Stowe House (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belmont.
 
Also see . . .  Belmont Abbey College. (Submitted on September 30, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)
 
Belmont Abbey College Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 28, 2017
2. Belmont Abbey College Marker
Belmont Abbey College image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 28, 2017
3. Belmont Abbey College
Belmont Abbey College image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 28, 2017
4. Belmont Abbey College
Belmont Abbey College image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 28, 2017
5. Belmont Abbey College
Belmont Abbey College image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 28, 2017
6. Belmont Abbey College
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 30, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 482 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 30, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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