This benchmark is located on the bottom step at the southwest corner of the west side entrance to the old Jackson MS City Hall. In 2017 it has been painted over, but is still visible to those who know what to look for.
From the NGS Datasheet: (
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"CP0269 DESIGNATION - CITY HALL
CP0269 PID - CP0269
CP0269 STATE/COUNTY- MS/HINDS
CP0269 USGS QUAD - JACKSON (1998)
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CP0269 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
CP0269 ___________________________________________________________________
CP0269* NAD 83(1986)- 32 17 50. (N) 090 10 56. (W) SCALED
CP0269* NAVD 88 - 89.063 (meters) 292.20 (feet) ADJUSTED
CP0269 ___________________________________________________________________
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CP0269_MARKER: Q = CHISELED SQUARE
CP0269_SETTING: 30 = STEPS
CP0269_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
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CP0269 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
CP0269 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED CGS
CP0269 HISTORY - 1968 GOOD NGS
CP0269 HISTORY - 1977 GOOD MSHD
CP0269 HISTORY - 1990 GOOD USPSQD
CP0269 HISTORY - 19920610 MARK NOT FOUND NGS
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CP0269 STATION DESCRIPTION
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CP0269''DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1968
CP0269''IN JACKSON.
CP0269''AT JACKSON, 95 YARDS NORTH AND ACROSS EAST PASCAGOULA STREET FROM THE
CP0269''HINDS COUNTY COURT HOUSE, 24 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF THE WEST
CP0269''ENTRANCE TO CITY HALL, 117 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE STREET,
CP0269''30 1/2 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, 9 1/2
CP0269''FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE MOST SOUTHERLY OF 4 CONCRETE PILLARS, A CHISELED
CP0269''SQUARE IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BOTTOM ONE OF 7
CP0269''STEPS, AND ABOUT 1/2 FOOT ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE WALKWAY. SEC 3, T 5N,
CP0269''R 1E.
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CP0269 STATION RECOVERY (1977)
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CP0269''RECOVERY NOTE BY MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1977
CP0269''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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CP0269 STATION RECOVERY (1990)
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CP0269''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1990 (GGB)
CP0269''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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CP0269 STATION RECOVERY (1992)
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CP0269''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1992
CP0269''A THOROUGH SEARCH REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF THE MARK."