Historical Marker

Fort Culbertson

Hinton, Greenbrier Drive (WV 3) East and Cedar Avenue, 2.0 miles west of the WV 12 split, 2 blocks east of WV 107 · Hinton · Summers

Inscription

South on New River at Crump's Bottom, Fort Culbertson was built, 1774, at outbreak of Dunmore's War by Capt. James Robertson on order of William Preston, Lieutenant-Colonel of Fincastle County. This fort was garrisoned by troops.

Location

AddressHinton, Greenbrier Drive (WV 3) East and Cedar Avenue, 2.0 miles west of the WV 12 split, 2 blocks east of WV 107

CityHinton

CountySummers

StateWest Virginia

Coordinates37.679260, -80.862070

Sources

West Virginia Archives and History, Highway Historical Marker Program

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