Buxton in Dare County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Radio Milestone

Photographed by Kevin W., June 23, 2009

1. Radio Milestone Marker

Inscription. From near here in 1902 R. A. Fessenden sent the first musical notes ever relayed by radio waves. Received 48 miles north.

Erected 1988 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number B-53.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1902.

Location. 35° 16.143′ N, 75° 31.146′ W. Marker is in Buxton, North Carolina, in Dare County. It is on State Highway 12, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Buxton NC 27920, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Outer Banks.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory

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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: Diamond Shoals (approx. ¼ mile away); Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (approx. 0.4 miles away); Welcome to Buxton… (approx. 0.7 miles away); A Shifting Shoreline, An Imperiled Lighthouse (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lighthouse Move Path (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Lighthouse Move Path (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Lighthouse Move Path (approx. 1.2 miles away); Inching Inland (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buxton.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. The R. A. Fessenden Marker in nearby Manteo.

Photographed by Kevin W., June 23, 2009

2. Radio Milestone Marker

Photographed by R.D. Stroud, May 31, 2010

3. Radio Milestone Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2008, by M. L. 'Mitch' Gambrell of Taylors, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,641 times since then and 112 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2009, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. 3. submitted on June 7, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.