Marker Logo
THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
Yadkinville in Yadkin County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Second Yadkin County Jail

c. 1892

 
 
Second Yadkin County Jail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012
1. Second Yadkin County Jail Marker
Inscription.
Second Yadkin County Jail
c. 1892
Has Been Placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United Stated Department of the Interior

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1892.
 
Location. 36° 8.16′ N, 80° 39.39′ W. Marker is in Yadkinville, North Carolina, in Yadkin County. It is at the intersection of Hemlock Avenue and Van Buren Street, on the left when traveling east on Hemlock Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yadkinville NC 27055, 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Yadkinville (within shouting distance of this marker); Daniel Boone's Trail (approx. 0.2 miles away); Yadkin County War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bond School House (approx. 3.2 miles away); Bond Schoolhouse (approx. 3.2 miles away); Deep Creek Friends Meeting (approx. 3.2 miles away); Thomas L. Clingman (approx. 5 miles away); Richmond Pearson (approx. 6.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yadkinville.
 
Paid Advertisement
Click or scan to see
this page online
Second Yadkin County Jail image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012
2. Second Yadkin County Jail
Marker is on the door
Second Yadkin County Jail image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012
3. Second Yadkin County Jail
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 850 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 1, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
m=55907

CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisement
Jun. 11, 2026