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

Trinity Cemetery

 
 
Trinity Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 10, 2012
1. Trinity Cemetery Marker
Inscription. Here lie Braxton Craven and other builders of churches and colleges in the south, notably Duke University.
 
Erected by Sunset Garden Club.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesEducationReligion & Religious Structures.
 
Location. 35° 54.142′ N, 79° 59.201′ W. Marker is in Trinity, North Carolina, in Randolph County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 62 and Rockford Drive, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 62. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Trinity NC 27370, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Trinity College Memorial Gazebo / The History of Trinity College — Duke University (approx. 0.6 miles away); Trinity College (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Trinity College (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mustering out of Confederate Army (approx. 1.2 miles away); Springfield Friends Meeting (approx. 1½ miles away); Model Farm (approx. 2.2 miles away); Golfers Protest (approx. 2½ miles away); Highland Cotton Mills Village (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Trinity.
 
Other markers no longer nearby.
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Trinity College (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Trinity College (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Trinity Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 10, 2012
2. Trinity Cemetery Marker
Trinity Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 10, 2012
3. Trinity Cemetery Marker
Trinity Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 10, 2012
4. Trinity Cemetery
Trinity Cemetery is located just west of the marker. The obelisk seen in the photo marks the grave of Braxton Craven.
Grave of Braxton Craven image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 10, 2012
5. Grave of Braxton Craven
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 918 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 10, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
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