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Title: East of the Mason-Dixon Line
Author : Roger E. Nathan
Release Date : January 15, 2011
Genre: United States,Books,History,Politics & Current Events,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
Pages : * pages
Size : 4382 KB

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Delaware was the "The First State" to ratify the United States Constitution but possibly is the last state to have its boundaries settled. It took from 1681 to 1934 to settle and mark most of them and still there is a part that remains to be determined. There are many unusual elements of the boundaries including a circular boundary that it shares with three other states. In addition: 1) It is possible to drive from New Jersey to Delaware without crossing water. 2) The western boundary is made up of three parts of the Mason-Dixon Line. 3) Last, and surprisingly, no one in the state lives south of the Mason-Dixon (Pa.-Md.) line, but almost everyone in the state lives east ofthe Mason-Dixon line (Del.-Md).

The boundaries include the east-west line between Delaware and Maryland (known as the Transpeninsular Line); the northsouth line between Delaware and Maryland that includes the Tangent line, the Arc Line, and the North line; the Top of the Wedge line between Delaware and Pennsylvania; the circular line between Delaware and Pennsylvania (that is made up of arcs of two circles); the northern circular line between Delaware and New Jersey that is a continuation of the Delaware-Pennsylvania circular line; the 1934 mean low water mark line between Delaware and New Jersey; the southern circular line between Delaware and New Jersey; and the river and bay lines between Delaware and New Jersey.

There are 179 monuments that mark the boundaries. Some of them (the Transpeninsular Line) were placed by Colonial surveyors in 1751. Many of the monuments were placed by Mason and Dixon in the l760s. The others were placed by officials of the United States Army in 1849, officials of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1893, and 1935, and by officials of National Ocean Survey in 1962, 1974 and 1986. Most of the original monuments are still in place. The owners of the properties on which the monuments were placed deserve much of the credit for the protection of the monuments.