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U.S. Meridians and Baselines

David Sibray inspects the Point of Beginning Monument near the West Virginia border.

A grid system was expanded west from the point of beginning at the West Virginia boundary in 1786.

Point-of-Beginning Monument

Point of Beginning Marker

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