Naming of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County --Thomas Polk Park, Charlotte NC
N 35° 13.634 W 080° 50.614
17S E 514234 N 3898253
One of several historic markers at Thomas Polk Park, on the southwest corner of Independence Square
Waymark Code: WMX3ZW
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2017
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Thomas Polk Park is located on the southwest corner of Independence Square, at the corner of N Tryon and E Trade Street in downtown Charlotte.
The waymarked historical marker is located on the Liberty Walk inside of the Thomas Polk park. It is incised in a panel around the waterfall. The marker reads as follows:
"The earliest known inhabitants of this part of the Piedmont for the Catawba Indians. Beginning in the 1750s, Scotch-Irish Presbyterians and German Lutherans followed established paths into the area. Charlotte and Mecklenburg County were named to honor the German-born wife of British King George III."
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