Mason-Dixon Line
Inscription
Made famous as line between free and slave states before War Between the States. The survey establishing Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary began, 1763; halted by Indian wars, 1767; continued to southwest corner, 1782; marked, 1784.
Location
AddressUS 119, at West Virginia/Pennsylvania border
CountyMonongalia
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates39.632390, -80.093080
Sources
More markers in Monongalia
Monongalia County/Preston County
Formed from Monongalia in 1818 and named for James Preston, 13th governor of Virginia.
Henry Clay Furnace
Coopers Rock State Forest, WV
West, in Coopers Rock State Forest, is the Henry Clay cold blast furnace, built 1834-36 by Leonard Lamb.
Ice's Ferry
Cheat Lake, WV
Ice's Ferry was settled by Frederick Ice in 1767.
Monongalia County/Preston County
Formed from Monongalia in 1818 and named for James Preston, 13th governor of Virginia.
Monongalia County/Wetzel County
Formed, 1776, from District of West Augusta.