| Kings Mountain National Military Park | |
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.jpg) Kings Mountain Monument | |
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| Location | York / Cherokee counties, South Carolina |
| Nearest city | Blacksburg, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35°8′16″N 81°23′22″W / 35.13778°N 81.38944°W |
| Area | 3,945 acres[1] |
| Established | August 10, 1933[2] |
| Visitors | 268,394 (in 2005) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Website | Kings Mountain National Military Park |
Kings Mountain Monument | |
| Built | 1780 |
| Architect | Mckim, Mead & White; Howser, Henry (NPS) |
| Architectural style | Modern Movement, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000079[3] |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Kings Mountain National Military Park is a National Military Park near Blacksburg, South Carolina, along the North Carolina/South Carolina border.[4][5] The park commemorates the Battle of Kings Mountain, a pivotal and significant victory by American Patriots over American Loyalists during the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[3] Thomas Jefferson considered the battle "The turn of the tide of success."[6]
- ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2020" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-08-15. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
- ^ "Park Anniversaries". Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Anderson, James J. (December 16, 1974). "Kings Mountain National Military Park" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Kings Mountain National Military Park, York County (S.C. Hwy. 161, Bethany vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "Kings Mountain".