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Trinity School

 
 
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Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 4, 2012
1. Trinity School Marker
Inscription. Episcopal boys school founded in 1851 by The Rev. N.C. Hughes. Open off and on until 1908. Many students entered ministry. Stood here.
 
Erected 1959 by Archives and Highway Departments. (Marker Number C-36.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.
 
Location. 35° 30.751′ N, 77° 6.017′ W. Marker is in Chocowinity, North Carolina, in Beaufort County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 33 and Business U.S. 17, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 33. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chocowinity NC 27817, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Trinity Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Trinity Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Edmund Harding (approx. 3.1 miles away); Lindsay C. Warren (approx. 3.1 miles away); John H. Small (approx. 3.1 miles away); Washington (approx. 3.1 miles away); Havens Memorial Building (approx. 3.1 miles away); a different marker also named Washington (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chocowinity.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby.
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Trinity Church (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Trinity School Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 4, 2012
2. Trinity School Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 19, 2012, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 895 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 19, 2012, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
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Jun. 25, 2026