Hungry Mother State Park

Hungry Mother State Park (HMU8O)

Location: Marion, VA 24354 Smyth County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 53.034', W 81° 31.593'

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In 1933 local residents assisted in the creationand donated 2,000 acres of land to Virginiafor the establishment of a state park in SmythCounty along Hungry Mother Creek. Theunusual name comes from the legend of anearby Indian settler conflict that resultedin Molly Marley and her child being captured.They later escaped but Marley died. When asearch party found the toddler who couldonly utter the words "Hungry Mother." TheNational Park Service and the CivilianConservation Corps, in conjunction with theVirginia Conservation Commission, developedthe park as a New Deal project. It openedon 15 June 1936 and was one of the first sixstate parks established in Virginia.
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HM NumberHMU8O
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Marker NumberK-33
Year Placed2000
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 4:00pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 453078 N 4082122
Decimal Degrees36.88390000, -81.52655000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 53.034', W 81° 31.593'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 53' 2.04" N, 81° 31' 35.58" W
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Area Code(s)276
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 326 E Hungry Mother Dr, Marion VA 24354, US
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