Near Stony Creek in Sussex County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Sussex County
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Dinwiddie County
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 15, 2013
1. Sussex County Marker
Sussex County. Area 515 Square Miles. Formed in 1753 from Surry, and named for an English county. Cornwallis passed through this county in 1781.
Dinwiddie County. Area 521 Square Miles. Formed in 1752 from Prince George, and named for Robert Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia, 1751-1756. General Winfield Scott was born in this county, and in it took place the Battle of Five Forks, 1865.
Erected 1928 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number Z-35.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Political Subdivisions • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1753.
Location. 36° 56.661′ N, 77° 29.444′ W. Marker is near Stony Creek, Virginia, in Sussex County. It is on Sussex Drive (Virginia Route 40) 0.3 miles east of Flatfoot Road ( Route 626), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stony Creek VA 23882, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia. 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies:
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Photographed by Don Morfe, September 15, 2013
2. Sussex County Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 738 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 3, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photo of Dinwiddie County side of marker. • Can you help?
