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Mason Dixon Line Resurveyed For Modern Boundaries
The Mason and Dixon line, drawn in 1761 65 to settle a family feud between the Calverts and Penns, was remeasured to resolve coastal land titles and jurisdiction. A granite monument unveiling marked the project’s end, with 35 miles of Maryland Delaware boundary and the Maryland Pennsylvania line reestablished and read as highly accurate given the era’s equipment.
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Maryland
Delaware
Congress
John G. Stringer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mason and Dixon
Ralph Poust
National
Geodetic Survey
Maryland-Pennsylvania
Maryland-Delaware
Penn
Pennsylvania
Calvert
Delaware, Maryland
Virginia Peninsula
Delaware River
Delaware Bay
Calverts
Penns
Poust