George Washington Carver's Birthplace

George Washington Carver's Birthplace (HMS61)

Location: Diamond, MO 64840 Newton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 59.162', W 94° 21.313'

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The cabin site offers an impression of the slave cabin in which Carver was born. Its mysteries reflect the confused circumstances of Carver's early life.

The log cabin in which George Washington Carver was born was not built with the intention of housing slaves. Moses Carver originally built the single room log cabin for himself and his wife Susan. The couple did not call it the "slave cabin" until they moved to a slightly more comfortable log cabin of their own and purchased George's mother Mary. When she and her second son George were taken away by raiders, Moses Carver hired a man to find them. After George was returned without his mother, the Carvers raised him and his brother Jim. Historians and archeologists used George's recollections, oral histories of local residents, and archeological investigations in an attempt to determine the dimensions and location of the cabin.
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HM NumberHMS61
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Sunday, September 21st, 2014 at 5:55pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 379392 N 4094181
Decimal Degrees36.98603333, -94.35521667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 59.162', W 94° 21.313'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 59' 9.72" N, 94° 21' 18.78" W
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Area Code(s)417
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 5800-5860 Macon Ln, Diamond MO 64840, US
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