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Mason-Dixon Crownstone DE23 Print E-mail
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Picture Courtesy of Jimmy Emerson

Responsible for marking the boundaries of Maryland and Pennsylvania (including the "Three Lower Counties" of Delaware"). Mason and Dixon began their survey of the North-South or tangent line at the southwestern corner of present day Delaware in June 1764. Proceedig northward, they arrived here July 30, forty five miles from their starting point. They later returned to replace temporary markers with stones imported from England. Mile point stones bore the letters "P" and "M". At five mile points, such as this, the stones bore the coats of arms of the Calverts and Penns, propiretors of the colonies. In 1904, Maryland officials removed the stone for exhibition at the St. Louis World's Fair. It was later displayed in the State House in Annapolis and then placed into storage. At the request of the citizens of Marydel the stone was returned in 1954. It was moved a short distance from the roadside to it's present location in 1968.
Delaware Public Archives, 2004
Hwy 8 at the state line in Marydel, Kent County Delaware
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