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.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Little Blue Run and Babbs Island.

Little Blue Run

Reservoir

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Little Blue Run Lake or Little Blue Run is the largest coal ash impound in the United States. Ohio-based FirstEnergy owns the site, located in Western Pennsylvania and parts of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and has disposed of billions of gallons of coal waste into the body of water. Little Blue Run is situated 2 miles south of Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey.

Babbs Island

Islet

Babbs Island is an island in Hancock County, West Virginia on the Ohio River between East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia. It takes its name from the Babb family of Columbiana County, Ohio which once owned the island from 1804 to 1820—John Babb was the original owner. Babbs Island is situated 2½ miles southwest of Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lawrenceville and East Liverpool.

Lawrenceville

Village

Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It is directly adjacent to the city of Chester, and has been closely connected to it throughout its history. Lawrenceville is situated 2 miles southwest of Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey.

East Liverpool

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East Liverpool is a city in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,958 at the 2020 census. It lies along the Ohio River at the convergence of the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia borders, about 30 miles from both Pittsburgh and Youngstown.

East Fifth Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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The East Fifth Street Historic District, located in East Liverpool, Ohio, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 1985. The district encompasses three blocks of downtown East Liverpool along East Fifth street between Market Street and Broadway. East Fifth Street Historic District is situated 3½ miles southwest of Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey.

Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey

Type: Monument
Description: site in Ohio and Pennsylvania, US
Categories: boundary marker and historic site
Location: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.64251° or 40° 38′ 33″ north

Longitude

-80.51897° or 80° 31′ 8″ west

Open location code

86GXJFVJ+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1841744817

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

Wikidata ID

Q4880494

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