Connecticut/Massachusetts - Granby, CT/Granville, MA - along Route 189 - Border Crossings on Waymarking.com

The border between Connecticut and Massachusetts has a disputed history. Land was claimed by both Massachusetts and Connecticut and at times towns along the border belonged to each state. A boundary survey was conducted in 1803 which resulted in a resolution of the border dispute in 1804; when the current boundary was established through a compromise between Connecticut and Massachusetts.

As part of the compromise, Massachusetts gave up claims to Suffield, (now CT) on the west side of the Connecticut River. In compensation a section of land along the Congamond Lakes was given to Massachusetts. The boundary abruptly goes south and includes the land which is now part of Southwick, MA. This land jutting into Connecticut is known as the Southwick Jog. The boundary then goes north to the original east-west line and continues to the New York border.

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. On Route 189, west of the Southwick jog, the Granby, Connecticut - Granville, Massachusetts border crossing is marked with a double sided sign and a granite boundary stone.

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