Murfreesboro in Hertford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Chowan University

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012

1. Chowan University Marker

Inscription. Opened 1848 as Chowan Baptist Female Institute. Became four-year college, 1992. A university since 2006. Two blocks south.

Erected 2009 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number A-19.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures • Women. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.

Location. 36° 26.537′ N, 77° 5.975′ W. Marker is in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, in Hertford County. It is at the intersection of East Main Street (Business U.S. 158) and University Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Murfreesboro NC 27855, 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 walking distance of this marker: J. William Copeland (within shouting distance of this marker); F. Roy Johnson (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Murfreesboro (about 300 feet away); Wesleyan Female College (about 500 feet away); Murfree House (about 500 feet away); Murfreesboro Veterans Monument (about 700 feet

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away); Disabled American Veterans Memorial (about 700 feet away); The Jordan Office Building (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Murfreesboro.

Also see . . . Chowan University. (Submitted on October 29, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)

E Main St & University Dr image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012

2. E Main St & University Dr

Chowan University - McDowell Columns Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012

3. Chowan University - McDowell Columns Building

Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 769 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 29, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.