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Hurdle Mills in Person County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Bushy Fork School

 
 
Bushy Fork School Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 22, 2021
1. Bushy Fork School Marker
Inscription.
Site of former
Bushy Fork School
1936 - 1969
Founded 1907 three miles north

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1936.
 
Location. 36° 18.359′ N, 79° 5.475′ W. Marker is in Hurdle Mills, North Carolina, in Person County. It is at the intersection of Burlington Road (State Highway 49) and Carr Clayton Road, on the right when traveling west on Burlington Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7900 Burlington Rd, Hurdle Mills NC 27541, 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the
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crow flies: Robert L. Blackwell (approx. 0.4 miles away); Paine's Tavern (approx. 5.1 miles away); Lea's Chapel United Methodist Church (approx. 5.4 miles away); Bessie Heath Daniel (approx. 5½ miles away); Robert Paine (approx. 6.6 miles away); J.G.A. Williamson (approx. 6.7 miles away); Jacob Thompson (approx. 7 miles away); Solomon Lea (approx. 7.1 miles away).
 
Bushy Fork School Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 22, 2021
2. Bushy Fork School Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 489 times since then and 41 times this year. Last updated on March 13, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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