Cleveland in Rowan County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Knox Home

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021

1. Knox Home Marker

Inscription. Home of the Knox family since colonial days. James Knox, grandfather of President James Knox Polk, lived there. House stood 4 miles west.

Erected 1940. (Marker Number L-26.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 35° 43.83′ N, 80° 41.639′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, North Carolina, in Rowan County. It is at the intersection of Statesville Boulevard (U.S. 70) and Amity Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Statesville Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cleveland NC 27013, 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 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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least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Third Creek Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Revolutionary War Patriots (approx. 2.1 miles away); Peter Stewart Ney (approx. 2.2 miles away); Back Creek Presbyterian Church (approx. 5.6 miles away); Four Houses of Worship (approx. 6.2 miles away); A Short History of Thyatira Presbyterian Church (USA) (approx. 6.3 miles away); Thyatira Presbyterian Church (approx. 6.4 miles away); Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

More about this marker. Marker is located at the entrance to a truck plant. Front gate is guarded, nowhere easy to park and no crosswalk.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021

2. Knox Home Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 16, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 336 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 16, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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