Creswell in Washington County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Davenport Homestead
circa 1770
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012
1. Davenport Homestead Marker
Erected 1999 by Washington County Bicentennial Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Government & Politics • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina. Washington Co. Bicentennial Commission series list.
Location. 35° 52.205′ N, 76° 26.988′ W. Marker is in Creswell, North Carolina, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of Mt Tabor Road and Arnold Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Mt Tabor Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Creswell NC 27928, 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: The Davenport Home (within shouting distance of this marker); Concord Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 2.1 miles away); Cherry Colored School (approx. 2.1 miles away); Cherry (approx. 2.2 miles away); Cool Spring (approx. 3.1 miles away); Lake Company (approx. 3.3 miles away); James Johnston Pettigrew
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Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012
2. Davenport Homestead Marker
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012
3. Davenport Homestead
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 900 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
