Louisiana Purchase Marker;Fifth principal meridian
The Louisiana Purchase State Park, located in eastern Arkansas, commemorates the initial point from which public lands acquired through the 1803 Louisiana Purchase were subsequently surveyed.- Protected area
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,100 feet (330 metres)
- …is inscribed with “This stone marks the base established Nov. 10, 1815 from which the lands of the Louisiana Purchase were surveyed by United States Engineers, the first survey from this point was made to satisfy the claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812, with land boun”
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Latitude
34.64568° or 34° 38′ 45″ north
Longitude
-91.05204° or 91° 3′ 7″ west
Open location code
866CJWWX+75
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_point
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