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Kings Mountain in Cleveland County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Patriots Park

 
 
Patriots Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 5, 2010
1. Patriots Park Marker
Inscription. Named by Holly Melton’s Class of 2000 at Kings Mountain High School to honor the soldiers who fought nearby during the Revolutionary War.
 
Erected by The City of Kings Mountain.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 2000.
 
Location. 35° 14.27′ N, 81° 20.71′ W. Marker is in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, in Cleveland County. It is at the intersection of W Gold Street and S Railroad Avenue, on the left when traveling west on W Gold Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kings Mountain NC 28086, 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 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,
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and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Cupola (a few steps from this marker); Jimmy Wayne (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); George Washington Cornwell House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Robert Barber House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Battle of Kings Mountain (approx. 0.2 miles away); William Andrew Mauney House (approx. Ό mile away); King's Pinnacle (approx. 3.4 miles away); Lincoln Academy (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kings Mountain.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Kings Mountain Battleground (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Kings Mountain Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 5, 2010
2. Kings Mountain Marker
Marker on Gold Street image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 5, 2010
3. Marker on Gold Street
Revolutionary Era 1780 Mural image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 5, 2010
4. Revolutionary Era 1780 Mural
This mural, completed June 200, is located across the street from Patriots Park.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,290 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on July 27, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 2, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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