Near Smithville in Brunswick County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Brunswick
Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 5, 2017
1. Brunswick Marker
Erected 1954 by the Archives Conservation and Highway Departments. (Marker Number D-54.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1725.
Location. 34° 4.165′ N, 77° 57.38′ W. Marker is near Smithville, North Carolina, in Brunswick County. It is on Plantation Road north of Plantation Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Winnabow NC 28479, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Arthur Dobbs (a few steps from this marker); Spanish Attack (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Anderson (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Orton Plantation (approx.
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More about this marker. This marker was originally erected at 34° 3.79′ N, 77° 57.495′ W, at the entrance to the Orton Plantation Gardens, now permanently closed.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 5, 2017
2. Brunswick Marker
Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 15, 2008
3. Original Location of the Bruskwick and St. Phillips Church Markers
Markers were at the the entrance to Orton Plantation Gardens, now closed, and the section of Plantation Road where they were originally erected has been decommissioned.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 15, 2008
4. The Harbor at Brunswick on the Cape Fear River
Nothing remains of the town except the ruins of St. Philips Church.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,661 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 24, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3, 4. submitted on March 22, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
