Near Wadesboro in Anson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Hugh Hammond Bennett
1881-1960
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, May 6, 2011
1. Hugh Hammond Bennett Marker
Father of soil conservation. First chief of the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1935-1952. Born 4 miles southwest.
Erected 1994 by North Carolina Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number K-55.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
Location. 34° 58.748′ N, 80° 6.101′ W. Marker is near Wadesboro, North Carolina, in Anson County. It is at the intersection of Andrew Jackson Highway (U.S. 74) and Anson High School Road (North Carolina Highway 1259), on the right when traveling east on Andrew Jackson Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 96 Anson High School Road, Wadesboro NC 28170, 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, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Anson County Training School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Blind Boy Fuller (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Women of the Confederacy (approx. 1.7 miles away); 1900 Total Solar Eclipse (approx. 1.7 miles away); Anson County Memorial Fountain (approx. 1.7 miles away); Boggan-Hammond House
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Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Brown Creek Soil Conservation District
Also see . . . Hugh Hammond Bennett and the Creation of the Soil Erosion Service. Hugh Hammond Bennett led the soil conservation movement in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s, urged the nation to address the "national menace" of soil erosion, and created a new federal agency and served as its first chief the Soil Conservation Service, now the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He is considered today to be the father of soil conservation. (Submitted on May 12, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.)
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2. Hugh Hammond Bennett
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, May 6, 2011
3. Wide view of the Hugh Hammond Bennett Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,358 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 12, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 2. submitted on November 27, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on May 12, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.
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