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Cooleemee in Davie County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Hugh T. Lefler

(1901-1981)

 
 
Hugh T. Lefler Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021
1. Hugh T. Lefler Marker
Inscription. Preeminent historian of North Carolina, author, & editor. Professor at UNC, 1935-1972. His birth-place is one mile east.
 
Erected 2007 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number M-54.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education.
 
Location. 35° 48.536′ N, 80° 33.315′ W. Marker is in Cooleemee, North Carolina, in Davie County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 801 and Watt Street, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 801. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cooleemee NC 27014, 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.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cooleemee's Old Square (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cooleemee's Old Wood School (approx. Ό mile away); Cooleemee's Riverside Hotel (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cooleemee War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); We of Erwin Mills (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cooleemee's Brick High School (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Stokes (approx. 2½ miles away); Boone Trail Highway Marker (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cooleemee.
 
Hugh T. Lefler Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021
2. Hugh T. Lefler Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 261 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 14, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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