Former Colleges

Former Colleges is a North Carolina historical marker in Pitt County, dedicated 1993.

NC 102 (Third Street) at West Avenue in Ayden

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Two church-affiliated schools were once located in Ayden. Carolina Christian College, founded by Disciples of Christ and a predecessor of Barton College in Wilson, operated 4/10 mile northeast from 1893 to 1903. Free Will Baptists in 1896 founded Ayden Seminary 4/10 mile southeast. Later known as Eureka College, it closed in 1929. In 1951 the Free Will Baptists established Mount Olive College in Mount Olive.

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Historical maps covering this location

1795 · State of North Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · North Carolina (Lucas, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1902 · Ayden, North Carolina (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1904 · Ayden, North Carolina (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

(Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States, 1891, covering the location of Former Colleges, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States, 1891, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Former Colleges

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