N 40° 00.000 - Washington Boro, PA
N 40° 00.000 W 076° 28.447
18T E 374167 N 4428797
The title of this historic marker displays geographic coordinates in an unusual way, listing the perfect place to find zeroes, also known as the 40th parallel. The marker which tells the tale of the Mason-Dixon Line, revisiting old boundaries.
Waymark Code: WMCKC6
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2011
Views: 22
This sign, although in Pennsylvania, once sat in Maryland, until the boundary was redrawn by Mason & Dixon. The marker is located on on Water Street (Pennsylvania Route 441) 0.1 miles south of Manor Street, on the left when traveling south. The marker was commissioned by: Safe Harbor - Water - Power Corp. Inc. 1930. The marker reads:
Maryland's charter, granted in 1632, included old Philadelphia since it made the 40th parallel, which crosses the river near this point, her northern boundary. This charter conflicted with the charter given William Penn in 1681. After more than eighty years of legal disputes, a survey in 1763-67 fixed the boundary at the 39-43' parallel. This boundary acquired national fame as the Mason and Dixon line.