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Home Point at tip of W.Va.'s northern panhandle marks beginning of West U.S. Meridians and Baselines

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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