Grover in Cleveland County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Cornwallis
Photographed by Mark Parker, October 7, 2025
1. Cornwallis Marker
Erected 1991 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number O-6.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1781.
Location. 35° 10.103′ N, 81° 27.022′ W. Marker is in Grover, North Carolina, in Cleveland County. It is on M H Camp Highway (U.S. 29). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Grover NC 28073, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: North Carolina / South Carolina (within shouting distance of this marker); Patrick Ferguson (within shouting distance of this marker); Colonel Frederick Hambright (approx. 0.9 miles away); Old Shiloh Presbyterian Church Cemetery (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Old Shiloh Presbyterian Church Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Kings Mountain Battleground (approx. 2.2 miles away); Welcome to the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
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Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 16, 2008
2. CORNWALLIS Marker
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 29, 2009
3. Cornwallis Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,581 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on July 27, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on October 7, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. 2. submitted on March 7, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 3. submitted on April 2, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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