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Franklinton in Franklin County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Moses A. Hopkins

 
 
Moses A. Hopkins Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by John Zadrozny, March 20, 2011
1. Moses A. Hopkins Marker
Inscription. U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1885-1886. Negro clergyman. Founder and principal of Albion Academy which stood 2 blocks E.
 
Erected 1959 by Archives and Highway Departments. (Marker Number E-62.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansEducationGovernment & PoliticsReligion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
 
Location. 36° 5.987′ N, 78° 27.542′ W. Marker is in Franklinton, North Carolina, in Franklin County. It is at the intersection of S. Main Street and W. College Street, on the right when traveling south on S. Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 W College St, Franklinton NC 27525, 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,
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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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Campus Well (approx. 8.4 miles away); Wake Forest College and the Old Well (approx. 8.4 miles away); Wake Forest College Birthplace (approx. 8.4 miles away); Wake Forest College and Wake Forest University (approx. 8.4 miles away); Unearthed and Risen (approx. 8.4 miles away); The Campus Arch and the Class of 1909 (approx. 8.4 miles away); The Calvin Jones House and Plantation (approx. 8.4 miles away); The Railroad and Depot in Wake Forest (approx. 8.4 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Moses A. Hopkins - Wikipedia. (Submitted on March 23, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
 
Moses A. Hopkins Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by John Zadrozny, March 20, 2011
2. Moses A. Hopkins Marker
View to the southwest on S. Main Street.
Moses A. Hopkins Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by John Zadrozny, March 20, 2011
3. Moses A. Hopkins Marker
View to the northeast on S. Main Street toward Franklinton.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 20, 2011, by John Zadrozny of Youngsville, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,013 times since then and 32 times this year. Last updated on May 8, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 20, 2011, by John Zadrozny of Youngsville, North Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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