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Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey

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of the United States was established by Congressional legislation in 1785, in order to provide an orderly mechanism for opening the
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and Pennsylvania to fix their common north-south boundary (now the boundary between Pennsylvania and the northern tip of
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The monument was placed in 1881, and is maintained by the East Liverpool Historical Society. It was declared a
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is the point from which the United States in 1786 began the formal survey of the lands known then as the
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to the east. It is near the three-way intersection of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the northern tip of
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undertaken by any nation. The point now lies underwater on the state line between Ohio and
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The monument is located on Route 39 East and is maintained by the Historical Society.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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The monument commemorating the survey point is located on the north side of the
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for settlement. The ordinance directed the Geographer of the United States,
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaver County, Pennsylvania
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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Gaston's Mill-Lock No. 36, Sandy and Beaver Canal District
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East Fifth Street Historic District (East Liverpool, Ohio)
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Mendinghall (December 27, 1974). 380:List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio 289:, on the south side of the road designated 1407: 1393: 1385: 1079: 1065: 1057: 575: 561: 553: 468: 466: 464: 443:National Historic Landmark summary listing 59: 1145:East Liverpool Downtown Historic District 584:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 39:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 433: 431: 429: 1716:Monuments and memorials in Pennsylvania 1614: 445:. National Park Service. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey is located in Ohio
Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey is located in the United States
East Liverpool, Ohio
40°38′32.61″N 80°31′9.76″W / 40.6423917°N 80.5193778°W / 40.6423917; -80.5193778
66000606
Northwest Territory
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
cadastral survey
Pennsylvania
East Liverpool, Ohio
Ohioville, Pennsylvania
National Historic Landmark
Ohio River
Ohio State Route 39
Pennsylvania Route 68
West Virginia
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
East Liverpool micropolitan area
Public Land Survey System
Northwest Territory
Thomas Hutchins
Ohio River

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