Near Mocksville in Davie County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Colonel Thomas W. Ferebee
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, May 2, 2012
1. Colonel Thomas W. Ferebee Marker
Colonel Thomas W. Ferebee
Bombardier, Enola Gay
Dropped Atomic Bomb on
Hiroshima, Japan
August 6, 1945
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1945.
Location. 35° 55.204′ N, 80° 38.594′ W. Marker is near Mocksville, North Carolina, in Davie County. It is on Wilkesboro Street (U.S. 64), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mocksville NC 27028, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Boone Tract (approx. 2.4 miles away); Hinton R. Helper (approx. 2.6 miles away); Basil Gaither (approx. 3.8 miles away); In 1827 (approx. 3.8 miles away); The Boone Family in Davie County (approx. 3.8 miles away); H. Andrew Lagle (approx. 4.9 miles away); Davie County in the Civil War (approx. 4.9 miles away); Kurfees & Ward Pure Oil Shop (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mocksville.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Daniel Boone's Parents (was approx. 3.7 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
this page online
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox
2. Colonel Thomas W. Ferebee Marker
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, September 9, 2016
3. Ferebee photo & plaque at Davie County Library
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, September 9, 2016
4. Colonel Thomas W. Ferebee newspaper article
Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 8, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,765 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 8, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 3, 4. submitted on September 10, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
