Place of the Poplar Boundary Tree
North Lat. 35 Deg. 30 Min.
on Southern Boundary Line of lands allotted to the earl of Granville, one of the lords proprietors, in 1743 by the British Crown.
The dividing line between Burke and Rutherford counties ran here until after 1792.
Beginning corner of grants 501 and 502, issued to Felix Walker in 1798.
The poplar was on the line dividing the Cherokee and White settlers after 1840 until 1946 when the park service conveyed the boundary tree trace to the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians
Marker is on U.S. 441 near Bureau of Indian Affairs Highway 1411.
Courtesy hmdb.org
