Canton in Haywood County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Garden Creek

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 27, 2014

1. Garden Creek Marker

Inscription. Cherokee villages and mounds 1/3 mile west a key site for archaeologists. Occupied from 8000 B.C. to 1600s A.D.

Erected 2002 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number P-83.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 8000 BCE.

Location. 35° 30.615′ N, 82° 51.032′ W. Marker is in Canton, North Carolina, in Haywood County. It is at the intersection of Pisgah Drive (State Highway 110) and Gazebo Court, on the right when traveling west on Pisgah Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Canton NC 28716, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains, specifically in Greater Asheville,

and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the

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Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Osborne Boundary Oak Tree (approx. 1½ miles away); Locust Field Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Colonial Theatre (approx. 1.6 miles away); Haywood County World War II Monument (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Canton Area History Museum (approx. 1.7 miles away); Morning Star Church (approx. 1.7 miles away); Arnold Guyot (approx. 1.9 miles away); Rutherford Trace (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Canton.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 27, 2014

2. Garden Creek Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,287 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 20, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.