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Home Point at tip of W.Va.'s northern panhandle marks beginning of West Point of Beginning Marker

Point of Beginning Marker

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

A historic marker tells the story of the Point of Beginning at the tip of northern West Virginia.

U.S. Meridians and Baselines

Point-of-Beginning-Monument in West Virginia

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