National Historic Landmark · boundary marker · East Liverpool, Ohio

Beginning Point of the U.s. Public Land Survey

Site in Ohio and Pennsylvania, US in East Liverpool, Ohio. Built 1786. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkBuilt 1786Listed 1966
Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey frontBeginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey OhioBeginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey Pennsylvania
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What it is

Wikipedia · Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey

The Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey is the point from which the United States in 1786 began the formal survey of the lands known then as the Northwest Territory, now making up all of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. The survey is claimed to be the first major cadastral survey undertaken by any nation. The point now lies underwater on the state line between Ohio and Pennsylvania. Because it is submerged, a monument commemorating the point is adjacent to the nearest roadway and located on the state line between East Liverpool, Ohio and Ohioville, Pennsylvania. The area around the marker was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeSite
AddressOn the OH/PA Border, E of East Liverpool, East Liverpool, OH
CountyColumbiana County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000606
Built1786
Type of placeboundary marker
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
Contributing resources1 sites

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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AddressOn the OH/PA Border, E of East Liverpool, East Liverpool, OH
Coordinates40.64246, -80.51917 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFirst Ladies National Historic Site · 46 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyMill Creek Camping (Berlin Lake) 36 mi · Mill Creek Day Use 36 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000606. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.