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Havelock in Craven County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Cherry Point

 
 
Cherry Point Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, August 10, 2013
1. Cherry Point Marker
Inscription. U.S. Marine Corps Air Station activated 1941 as Cunningham Field for first USMC aviator A.A. Cunningham. MCAS Cherry Point since May 1942.
 
Erected 1992 by North Carolina Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number C-68.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1941.
 
Location. 34° 52.957′ N, 76° 54.031′ W. Marker is in Havelock, North Carolina, in Craven County. Marker is at the intersection of Fontana Boulevard (North Carolina Route 101) and Cunningham Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Fontana Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Havelock NC 28532, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Newport Barracks (approx. 7.2 miles away); a different marker also named Newport Barracks (approx. 7.7 miles away); Bogue Sound Blockhouse (approx. 10.9 miles away); Battle of New Bern (approx. 13.1 miles away); New Bern Battlefield Park (approx. 13.2 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of New Bern
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(approx. 13.3 miles away); SS Pevensey (approx. 13.7 miles away); Verrazzano (approx. 13.7 miles away).
 
Cherry Point Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, August 10, 2013
2. Cherry Point Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 440 times since then and 7 times this year. Last updated on June 14, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 12, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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