Harman Patil (Editor)

Mason and Dixon Survey Terminal Point

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Area
  
0 acres (0 ha)

NRHP Reference #
  
73001922

Added to NRHP
  
25 June 1973

Built
  
1883

Opened
  
1883

Mason and Dixon Survey Terminal Point

Location
  
2.25 mi (3.62 km) northeast of Pentress on County Route 39, near Pentress, West Virginia

Mason and Dixon Survey Terminal Point is a historic marker located near Pentress, West Virginia, United States. Located on the boundary between Monongalia County, West Virginia and Greene County, Pennsylvania, it identifies the terminal station established by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon on Brown's Hill on October 19, 1767. The stone placed on Brown's Hill in 1883 in the mound of 1767, marks the westernmost point reached by Mason and Dixon in delineating the common boundaries of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia (now West Virginia), and known as the Mason–Dixon line.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

Mason and Dixon Survey Terminal Point Wikipedia