Canton in Haywood County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Arnold Guyot

1807~1884

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 14, 2022

1. Arnold Guyot Marker

Inscription. Geographer who measured elevation at sites in western N.C., 1856~1860, including Hominy Creek Gap near here & Mt. Guyot, 25 mi. N.W.

Erected 2000 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number P-81.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine.

Location. 35° 32.045′ N, 82° 50.128′ W. Marker is in Canton, North Carolina, in Haywood County. It is at the intersection of Church Street (U.S. 19/23) and Hampton Heights Road, on the right when traveling west on Church Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Canton NC 28716, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains, specifically in Greater Asheville,

and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the

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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: Morning Star Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Canton Area History Museum (approx. ¼ mile away); Haywood County World War II Monument (approx. ¼ mile away); Colonial Theatre (approx. ¼ mile away); Locust Field Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Rutherford Trace (approx. 1.3 miles away); Garden Creek (approx. 1.9 miles away); Osborne Boundary Oak Tree (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Canton.

Also see . . . Arnold Henry Guyot. (Submitted on May 27, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 14, 2022

2. Arnold Guyot Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 399 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 27, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.