Great Philadelphia Wagon Road

Great Philadelphia Wagon Road (HMZRA)

Location: Lewisville, NC 27023 Forsyth County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 5.82', W 80° 25.35'

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ca. 1754

The Great Wagon Road passed 120 feet north of this marker.
The Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to Augusta was the premier 18th century backcountry road from Pennsylvania to Georgia. From about two miles north of Bethabara it was cut to Lewisville by the Moravians in February 1754. The "German Settlement on the Yadkin", later Lewisville, was founded on the Great Wagon Road in the 1760s. The Great Wagon Road entered Forsyth County at Germanton and continued to Lewisville north of Shiloh Lutheran Church. It passed through what is now Shallowford Square to the Yadkin River's Shallow Ford, 6 miles west, then through Yadkin, Davie and Iredell Counties, forded the Catawba River at Sherrill's Ford and proceeded southward. The roadbed is 1,100 feet west of this marker.
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HM NumberHMZRA
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Year Placed2000
Placed ByLewisville Historical Society
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Date Added Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 5:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 551985 N 3994861
Decimal Degrees36.09700000, -80.42250000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 5.82', W 80° 25.35'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 5' 49.20" N, 80° 25' 21.00" W
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Area Code(s)336
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1163-1199 Great Wagon Rd, Lewisville NC 27023, US
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