Birthplace of Pearl S. Buck

Birthplace of Pearl S. Buck (HMMT9)

Location: Hillsboro, WV 24946 Pocahontas County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 8.461', W 80° 12.236'

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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, author of 85 books, one of them "The Good Earth," for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature (1932), was born here at Stulting Place, June 26, 1892. In 1938, she achieved further distinction when she became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, based on her six books on China. She died March 6, 1973 and was buried in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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HM NumberHMMT9
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Year Placed1974
Placed ByWest Virginia Department of Archives and History
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Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 7:03am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 569759 N 4221760
Decimal Degrees38.14101667, -80.20393333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 8.461', W 80° 12.236'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 8' 27.66" N, 80° 12' 14.16" W
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Area Code(s)304
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101-199 Seneca Trail, Hillsboro WV 24946, US
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