Trinity in Randolph County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

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Trinity College

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 10, 2012

1. Trinity College Marker

Inscription. Stood here. Union institute, 1839; Normal College, 1851; Trinity, 1859; Duke University, 1924. Moved to Durham, 1892.

Erected 1937 by Department of Conservation and Development. (Marker Number K-3.)

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 1839.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 35° 53.648′ N, 79° 59.465′ W. Marker was in Trinity, North Carolina, in Randolph County. It was at the intersection of State Highway 62 and Trinity College Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 62. The marker is located near the Trinity College Memorial Gazebo. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Trinity NC 27370, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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 3 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Trinity College (a few steps from this marker); The Trinity College Memorial Gazebo / The History of Trinity College — Duke University (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Trinity College (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Trinity Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mustering out of Confederate Army (approx. 1.8 miles away); Springfield Friends Meeting (approx. 2.1 miles away); Jeduthan Harper House (approx. 2.7 miles away); Model Farm (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Trinity.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Trinity College (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Trinity gets new historical marker ... finally. (Submitted on July 24, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Additional commentary.
1. This similar marker to another was allowed to stay.
There’s already a similar sign on Highway 70 in Durham, in front of the Duke campus & North Carolina will only allow one sign with the same verbiage on a DOT (Department of Transportation) right-of-way. This one was allowed to stay because it was erected prior to the law being enacted.
Update: Several years after this marker was knocked down in an car accident, it was replaced nearby with a differently worded marker. The

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 10, 2012

2. Trinity College Marker

Aug. 2021 Google Street view shows only the pole and the connecting part of the bottom of the marker. It took extra effort to get it approved to be placed.

— Submitted July 24, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 10, 2012

3. Trinity College Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,222 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 10, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.