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Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker

Coordinates: 37°23′55″N 77°25′51″W / 37.39861°N 77.43083°W / 37.39861; -77.43083
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Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
The marker in April 2017
Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is located in Virginia
Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is located in the United States
Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
Location9300 Block of Jefferson Davis Hwy., near Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°23′55″N 77°25′51″W / 37.39861°N 77.43083°W / 37.39861; -77.43083
Arealess than one acre
Built1931 (1931)
MPSUDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia
NRHP reference No.08000892[1]
VLR No.020-0561
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 2008
Designated VLRJune 19, 2008[2]

Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is a historic stone highway marker located near Richmond, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was erected in 1931, and is one of sixteen erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1946. The marker is a gray granite boulder with rough-cut edges. The stone is engraved with the text "ERECTED BY THE FIFTH DISTRICT VIRGINIA DIVISION UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY 1931."[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Ruth D. Snead (April 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission.