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Rocky Mount in Edgecombe County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Citizens for Responsible Zoning

 
 
Citizens for Responsible Zoning Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. Citizens for Responsible Zoning Marker
Inscription. The historically Black community of Kingsboro organized to stop hog slaughterhouse efforts, 1996. Environmental victory. Met ½ mile west.
 
Erected 2024 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number E-132.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansAgricultureEnvironment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1996.
 
Location. 35° 54.895′ N, 77° 40.199′ W. Marker is in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, in Edgecombe County. It is at the intersection of Kingsboro Road and Antioch Road, on the right when traveling south on Kingsboro Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1175 Kingsboro Road, Rocky Mount NC 27801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. 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,
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one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: William R. Cox (approx. 1.3 miles away); State v. Will (approx. 1.7 miles away); Westray Battle Boyce Long (approx. 4½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.3 miles away); Anna Easter Brown (approx. 6.4 miles away); Dred Wimberly (approx. 6½ miles away); Lincoln Park Historic District (approx. 6.6 miles away); Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park (approx. 6.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rocky Mount.
 
Also see . . .  Citizens for Responsible Zoning. (Submitted on April 30, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
 
Citizens for Responsible Zoning Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
2. Citizens for Responsible Zoning Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 29, 2026