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 Colorado's Northeast Corner - Sedgwick County, CO
N 41° 00.141 W 102° 03.096
13T E 747971 N 4543205
This bronze plaque is located at the northeast corner of Colorado and Nebraska.
Waymark Code: WMH8NR
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2013
Views: 7
COLORADO'S NORTHEAST CORNER
The Organic Act creating the Territory of Colorado was
signed by President Buchanan on February 26, 1861. The
act carved from the territories of Kansas, Nebraska,
Utah and New Mexico the 104,247 square miles that
became the 38th state in 1876. The original survey
establishing this boundary point was completed by
Oliver N. Chaffee on October 7, 1869 and recorded on
a six foot limestone shaft set in a circular earth
mound centered at the intersection of the 25th
meridian west from Washington, D.C. and the 41st
parallel north from the equator. At its time of re-
placement in 1976, the broken shaft, originally
inscribed on the north, 25 W.L.; east, Nebraska; west,
41 N.L.; and south, 68 M. 79 CH. and 59 LKS. (the distance
between the 40th and 41st parallels) was badly
eroded. When resurveyed, the new inscription cited
the now standard Greenwich reference for the
longitudinal measurement.
Erected by
The State Historical Society of Colorado
and the People of Sedgwick County
through the Mrs. J. N. Hall Endowment
1977 |
The northeast corner of Colorado is monumented in the center of a weather-worn granite post at N 41° W 102°03'. The post is embedded in a concrete pad and surrounded by a wrought iron fence. The monument contains directional arrows and various historical plaques from each of the four surrounding counties—Sedgwick (CO), Perkins (NE), Keith (NE) and Deuel (NE).
Group or Groups Responsible for Placement:
State Historical Society of Colorado
Sedgwick County
County or City: Sedgwick County
Date Dedicated: 1977
Check here for Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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