North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program

The North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1935. Since that time over 1600 black and silver markers have been placed along numbered North Carolina highways throughout the state.[1] Each one has a brief description of a fact relevant to state history, and is located near a place related to that fact.[2]

Photo of historical marker
Example of NC Highway Historical Marker

Historical Marker Districts

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North Carolina's counties are divided into seventeen districts for the highway marker program; each district is designated by a letter, and covers between four and eight counties. Each marker is assigned an identifier that begins with the letter of the district.[2]

Name of DistrictCounties Within the District
District ABertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans
District BBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington
District CCarteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico
District DBrunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender
District EEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, Warren
District FGreene, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne, Wilson
District GAlamance, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance
District HChatham, Hartnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake
District IBladen, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland
District JForsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes
District KAnson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond
District LCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, Union
District MAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Iredell, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin
District NAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga, Yancey
District OCatawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, Rutherford
District PBuncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, Transylvania
District QCherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain

References

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  1. ^ "NC Highway Historical Marker Program | NC DNCR". www.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  2. ^ a b Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers. July 2020 edition.
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