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Wake Forest in Wake County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Mangum Terrace

 
 
Mangum Terrace Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 22, 2023
1. Mangum Terrace Marker
Inscription. Soil conservation landmark. Erosion-checking terrace built ca. 1885 by Priestley Mangum 2 mi. north. Technique adopted across the U.S.
 
Erected 2019 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number H-58.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Environment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1885.
 
Location. 35° 58.584′ N, 78° 32.884′ W. Marker is in Wake Forest, North Carolina, in Wake County. It is at the intersection of Durham Road (North Carolina Route 98) and Wake Union Church Road, on the right when traveling west on Durham Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wake Forest NC 27587, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and in the Research Triangle. 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
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States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wake Forest University (approx. 2.1 miles away); C.C. Crittenden (approx. 2.2 miles away); Wake Forest College Birthplace (approx. 2.3 miles away); The Calvin Jones House and Plantation (approx. 2.3 miles away); The Campus Arch and the Class of 1909 (approx. 2.3 miles away); Wake Forest College and Wake Forest University (approx. 2.3 miles away); Unearthed and Risen (approx. 2.3 miles away); The Railroad and Depot in Wake Forest (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wake Forest.
 
Mangum Terrace Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 22, 2023
2. Mangum Terrace Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 213 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 22, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Sep. 22, 2026