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David Caldwell

1725-1824

 
 
David Caldwell Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, August 20, 2013
1. David Caldwell Marker
Inscription. Educator, minister, & physician. Operated famous "Caldwell Log College" near here from 1767 till 1824. Home site of Dr. David and Rachel Caldwell 100 yards West, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Edward Benjamin to North Carolina Society for The Preservation of Antiquities.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1724.
 
Location. 36° 5.64′ N, 79° 50.451′ W. Marker is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is in Green Valley. It is on Hobbs Road south of West Cornwallis Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greensboro NC 27410, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American 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, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States
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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: Rachel Caldwell (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); David Caldwell D.D. (about 300 feet away); The Student (approx. 0.2 miles away); Camp Stokes (approx. 1½ miles away); Guilford College Woods (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named David Caldwell (approx. 2.1 miles away); Masonic Home (approx. 2.1 miles away); University of N.C. at Greensboro (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensboro.
 
David Caldwell Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, August 20, 2013
2. David Caldwell Marker
David Caldwell Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, August 20, 2013
3. David Caldwell Marker
David Caldwell Historic Park sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, August 20, 2013
4. David Caldwell Historic Park sign
Marker is on the edge of the David Caldwell Historic Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 823 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 20, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Nov. 13, 2026