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The Proctor Creek Highway Marker is one of 16 markers erected along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1947 as a memorial to Jefferson Davis, only president of the Confederate States of America. The markers were funded and erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in an effort that was replicated in other former Confederate states to designate a cross-country route from Arlington to San Diego, mapped as the Jefferson Davis Highway. The route in Virginia generally follows U.S. Route 1, extending 235 miles from the Potomac River Bridge in Arlington south to the North Carolina line. The Proctor Creek marker is located near the site of the 1864 Battle of Proctor’s Creek. The name for the highway in Virginia was approved by the General Assembly in 1922. The Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker was among those listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places under the UDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia MPD.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
