Downtown in Hampton, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson

(1918-2020)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 10, 2022

1. Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson Marker

Inscription. Katherine Johnson, mathematician, graduated from West Virginia State College and was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She was a teacher before the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later NASA) hired her in 1953 to work in the segregated West Area Computing Unit at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory. Soon transferred to the Flight Research Division. She performed crucial calculations for pathbreaking missions including the U.S.’s first manned space flight (1961), first orbital spaceflight (1962), and the first manned moon landing (1969). Before retiring in 1986, she also worked on the Space Shuttle. Pres. Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

Erected 2019 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number W-175.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Air & Space • Exploration • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1953.

Location. 37° 1.465′ N, 76° 20.634′ W. Marker is in Hampton, Virginia. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Settlers Landing Road (U.S. 60) and South King Street, on the right when traveling east on Settlers Landing Road. Marker attached to an exterior column of the Virginia Air & Space

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Science Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 600 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton VA 23669, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Peninsula

and in Coastal Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

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 walking distance of this marker: Mary Winston Jackson (here, next to this marker); Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (a few steps from this marker); Langley Field: Discovering Aerospace (a few steps from this marker); Langley Field: Creating an Air Force (a few steps from this marker); Dr. Katherine G. Johnson (within shouting distance of this marker); Ninteenth-Century Hampton (within shouting distance of this marker); Twentieth-Century Hampton (within shouting distance of this marker); Indian / African / Settler (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hampton.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Hampton (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Katherine Johnson. (Submitted on June 12, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 10, 2022

2. Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson Marker

Virginia Air & Space Science Center entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 10, 2022

3. Virginia Air & Space Science Center entrance

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 697 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 12, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.