Dublin in Pulaski County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
World War II Home Front
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 17, 2023
1. World War II Home Front Marker
Inscription.
World War II Home Front. . The United States' mobilization for World War II brought dramatic changes to this region. The Radford Ordnance Works, nine miles northeast of here, and the New River Ordnance Plant, near here, opened in 1941. Construction employed more than 20,000 people from 45 states, and thousands of workers later operated the facilities. This population boom diversified the area's agricultural economy and transformed its infrastructure, bringing new roads, schools, retail and industrial establishments, and private and government-funded housing developments. About a mile southeast of here is the New River Ordnance Plant's staff village, a set of 15 houses built in support of the war effort.
The United States' mobilization for World War II
brought dramatic changes to this region. The Radford
Ordnance Works, nine miles northeast of here, and
the New River Ordnance Plant, near here, opened
in 1941. Construction employed more than 20,000
people from 45 states, and thousands of workers
later operated the facilities. This population boom
diversified the area's agricultural economy and
transformed its infrastructure, bringing new roads,
schools, retail and industrial establishments, and
private and government-funded housing developments.
About a mile southeast of here is the New River
Ordnance Plant's staff village, a set of 15 houses
built in support of the war effort.
Erected 2017 by Virginia Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-285.)
Location. 37° 5.564′ N, 80° 41.165′ W. Marker is in Dublin, Virginia, in Pulaski County. It is on Dublin Park Road east of Town Center Drive, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Dublin Park Rd, Dublin VA 24084, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Highlands, and in the New River Gorge. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 17, 2023
2. World War II Home Front Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 14, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 267 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 14, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
