Bowling Green in Warren County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Pioneer Surveyor

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 7, 2015

1. Pioneer Surveyor Marker

Inscription. General Elijah M. Covington of the Kentucky Militia came here from North Carolina in 1795 to farm and survey. Acquired 23,000 acres in Warren, Logan, Edmonson counties. He became Warren County's first sheriff and surveyor. Helped to select the early site of Bowling Green and made the first survey of Mammoth Cave. This park named for him, purchased by city, 1933.

Erected 1968 by the Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1191.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1795.

Location. 36° 58.773′ N, 86° 26.15′ W. Marker is in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in Warren County. It is at the intersection of Covington Street and East 11th Avenue on Covington Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1040 Covington Street, Bowling Green KY 42103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in 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

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: T. C. Cherry Elementary (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fort C. F. Smith (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lillian H. South (approx. ¾ mile away); College Hill (approx. ¾ mile

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away); Eliza Calvert Hall, 1856-1935 (approx. 0.8 miles away); Bowling Green (approx. 0.9 miles away); Ogden College (approx. 0.9 miles away); Turpin Building (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bowling Green.

Entrance to Golf Course with marker in center. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 7, 2015

2. Entrance to Golf Course with marker in center.

Park & Golf Course entrance sign. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 7, 2015

3. Park & Golf Course entrance sign.

View of marker towards East 11th Avenue. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 7, 2015

4. View of marker towards East 11th Avenue.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 17, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 634 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 17, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.