Newport News, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Morrison

By Kevin W., September 28, 2014

1. Morrison Marker

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A station named for Col. J. S. Morrison, Construction Engineer of the Peninsula Division, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, was built in the Warwick County Hamlet of Gum Grove on completion of the line between Richmond and Newport News on Oct. 16, 1881. Morrison Post Office was established Feb. 2, 1883 and a public school was recorded in a deed dated Aug. 16, 1906. This was to become Warwick High in 1948. In World War I Camp Morrison was activated nearby.

Erected 1968 by Newport News Historical Committee.

Location. 37° 3.207′ N, 76° 28.386′ W. Marker is in Newport News, Virginia. Marker is at the intersection of Harpersville Road and Gatewood Road, on the left when traveling east on Harpersville Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Newport News VA 23601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Waters Creek (approx. 0.7 miles away); Estelle and George Abernathy (approx. 0.7 miles away); Leifr Eiriksson (approx. 0.9 miles away); Captain Christopher Newport (approx. one

By Kevin W., September 28, 2014

2. Morrison Marker

mile away); Skirmish at Waters Creek (approx. 1.1 miles away); Capture of the 'Patriot' (approx. 1.2 miles away); First Baptist Church Morrison (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hidenwood (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newport News.

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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on September 30, 2014, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 504 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 30, 2014, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.