Eden in Rockingham County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Leaksville Landing

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013

1. Leaksville Landing Marker

Inscription. Port for bateau trade on Dan River. Improved by Roanoke Navigation Company, 1820s. Ruins visible at low water. 200 yards west.

Erected 1990 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-91.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.

Location. 36° 29.173′ N, 79° 45.835′ W. Marker is in Eden, North Carolina, in Rockingham County. It is on S Hamilton Street (State Highway Old 87), on the right when traveling north. Marker is located on the north side of the Dan River. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Eden NC 27289, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dan River (within shouting distance of this marker); “River boat Men: Dan River, 1792 – 1892” (approx. ¼ mile away); “Land of Eden” (approx. 0.4 miles away); Annie Eliza Johns (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named “Land of Eden” (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Land of Eden

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Luther H. Hodges (approx. 0.8 miles away); Leaksville Cotton Mill (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Eden.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013

2. Leaksville Landing Marker

Marker on S Hamilton Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013

3. Marker on S Hamilton Street

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013

4. Dan River

Leaksville Landing was located on the Dan River, near where this photo was taken.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,022 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 5, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.