Near Stevensville in King and Queen County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
State Fish Hatchery
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 9, 2009
1. State Fish Hatchery Marker
Erected 1947 by Virginia Conservation Commission. (Marker Number OB-4.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Natural Resources. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1937.
Location. 37° 43.995′ N, 76° 56.094′ W. Marker is near Stevensville, Virginia, in King and Queen County. It is at the intersection of The Trail (Virginia Route 14) and Fish Hatchery Road, on the left when traveling south on The Trail. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stevensville VA 23161, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Death of Col. Dahlgren (approx. 1.7 miles away); Mattapony Church (approx. 2.9 miles away); Hillsboro (approx. 3.4 miles away); Bruington Church (approx. 4.4 miles away); Newington (approx. 4½ miles away); James Horace Carter Lynched (approx. 5.3 miles away); King William County Colonial Court House
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Where Dahlgren Died (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Also see . . . King & Queen Fish Hatchery. Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (Submitted on April 10, 2009.)
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 9, 2009
2. Fish Hatchery Road
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 9, 2009
3. State Fish Hatchery Entrance
Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 10, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,629 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 10, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
