GA0557 - A59 - Washington County Courthouse lawn - Jonesborough, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member vhasler
N 36° 17.656 W 082° 28.374
17S E 367741 N 4017594
Benchmark located behind the Daniel Boone marker on the courthouse lawn
Waymark Code: WM6QQZ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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Description: COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 AT JONESBORO. AT JONESBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE COURTHOUSE YARD, 18 FEET SOUTH AND 4 FEET WEST OF THE WALK. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED A 59 1934 AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST.

Found as described with no changes, but a good size scratch on the face.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: A 59 1934

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): BLM

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Washington County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Jonesborough Quad

Special category (optional): Not listed

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: GA0557

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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