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

4-H Club

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012

1. 4-H Club Marker

Inscription. First in North Carolina, organized at Ahoskie in 1909 as the Corn Club. Beginning of present large organization of rural youth in state.

Erected 1955 by Archives, Conservation and Highway Departments. (Marker Number A-51.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Education. In addition, it is included in the 4-H Youth Program, and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.

Location. 36° 17.294′ N, 76° 59.449′ W. Marker is in Ahoskie, North Carolina, in Hertford County. It is at the intersection of North Academy Street (U.S. 13) and Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North Academy Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ahoskie NC 27910, 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,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the

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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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Robert Lee Van (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lemuel W. Boone (approx. 5.9 miles away); Meherrin Tribe (approx. 6.8 miles away); Chowan Academy (approx. 7.4 miles away); Meherrin Town (approx. 7.9 miles away); Hertford County UDC Monument (approx. 8.1 miles away); Burning of Winton (approx. 8.2 miles away); Hertford County WWI Memorial (approx. 8.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ahoskie.

N Academy St & Main St image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012

2. N Academy St & Main St

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 585 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.