Historical Marker

Dividing Line

NC 615 on Knotts Island ยท Currituck

North Carolina marker

Inscription

Commissioners drove the

first stake for the

Virginia-Carolina boundary,

Mar. 18, 1728, three miles

N.E., across Currituck

Sound.

Location

AddressNC 615 on Knotts Island
CountyCurrituck
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.537180, -75.927570

Sources

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