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Calabash in Brunswick County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Boundary House

 
 
Boundary House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 15, 2008
1. Boundary House Marker
Inscription. Commissioners met here to run boundary in 1764. Popular stop for colonial travelers. Ruins used to establish present state line in 1928. Located 2Ύ mi. S.E.
 
Erected 1976 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number D-79.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraPolitical Subdivisions. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1764.
 
Location. 33° 54.333′ N, 78° 35.15′ W. Marker is in Calabash, North Carolina, in Brunswick County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Country Club Road on U.S. 17. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Calabash NC 28467, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast. 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Post Road (approx. Ύ mile away); South Carolina / North Carolina (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Boundary House (approx. 1.1 miles away in South Carolina); Rev. George Whitefield (approx. 2½ miles away in South Carolina); Rebecca Randall Bryan (approx. 2.6 miles away in South Carolina); Village of Little River
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(approx. 2.7 miles away in South Carolina); Honor America's Veterans (approx. 4.6 miles away); Fort Randall (approx. 5.6 miles away in South Carolina).
 
Boundary House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 15, 2008
2. Boundary House Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,798 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 13, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
 
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