Jefferson Davis Highway

ID: 753
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The "zero mile" marker for the Jefferson Davis highway, which runs from Fairview, Kentucky to Biloxi, Mississippi, is found on the grounds of the Jefferson Davis Birthplace State Park. Photograph courtesy of Tim Talbott.

This file appears in: Jefferson Davis Birthplace

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #57 in Todd County marks the birthplace of Confederate President Jefferson Finis Davis. Both Davis and his Union counterpart, President Abraham Lincoln, were born in…