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Hot Springs in Madison County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Hot Springs

 
 
Hot Springs Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 27, 2009
1. Hot Springs Marker
Inscription. Health resort since 1800. Name changed from Warm Springs, 1886. Internment camp for Germans in World War I was here.
 
Erected 1950 by Archives , Conservation and Highway Departments. (Marker Number P-24.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational AreasScience & MedicineWar, World I. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1800.
 
Location. 35° 53.615′ N, 82° 49.517′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, North Carolina, in Madison County. It is on Bridge Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 198 Andrews Ave, Hot Springs NC 28743, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains. 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 original Cherokee Nation, 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Red Bridge (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Hot Springs (approx. 0.2 miles away); Warm Springs Hotel (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dorland - Bell Institute (approx. 0.2 miles away); Paint Rock (approx. Ό mile away); Balladry (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Robert E. Lee (approx.
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5.2 miles away); Tennessee / North Carolina (approx. 5.2 miles away in Tennessee). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Robert E. Lee (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Hot Springs Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 18, 2023
2. Hot Springs Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,186 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on October 9, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.   2. submitted on October 22, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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