Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
George Davis
Photographed by Don Morfe, August 17, 2014
1. George Davis Marker
Erected 1940 by Archives, Conservation and Highway Departments. (Marker Number D-35.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
Location. 34° 17.992′ N, 77° 47.405′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It is on Market Street (Business U.S. 17) south of Porters Neck Road (County Route 1402), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8215 Market St, Wilmington NC 28411, 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Nicholas N. Nixon (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Topsail Battery (approx. 5.4 miles away); Myers Cottage (approx. 5.8 miles away); Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage (approx. 5.8 miles away); Davis-Patteson Cottage (approx. 6.1 miles away); Hanby-Debnam Cottage (approx. 6.2 miles away); Churchill Cottage (approx. 6.2 miles away); Saffo Building (approx. 6.3 miles away).
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Photographed by Don Morfe, August 17, 2014
2. George Davis Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 852 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 15, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
