Survey Stone Boundary Marker - Agawam, MA and Suffield, CT - U.S. Historic Survey Stones and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The border between Connecticut and Massachusetts has been in dispute since Colonial times. A survey was conducted in 1803 and the border dispute continued until 1804, when the current boundary was established through a compromise between Connecticut and Massachusetts.

In 1899 it was concluded, in a report to the Massachusetts Legislature, that the boundary west of the Connecticut River was in especially unsatisfactory condition and the whole line needed to be re-surveyed. In 1905 the legislatures of Massachusetts and Connecticut appropriated $7,000 to reestablish the boundary. The result is this 1906 survey stone boundary marker between South West Street in Agawam, MA and Ratley Road in Suffield, CT.

The smaller stone marked H - is probably a boundary marker for Hartford County, CT.

Monumentation Type: Stone post Monument Category: State boundary marker Accessible to general public: yes Historical significance: See long description. Monument Website: [Web Link] County: Hampden County Agawam and Hartford, County Suffield USGS Quad: West Springfield Approximate date of monument: 01/01/1906 Monumentation Type (if other): Not listed Monument Category (if other): Not listed Explain Non-Public access: Not listed NGS PID: Not listed Other Coordinates: Not Listed Other Coordinates details: Not listed

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