The baseline along the northern border of the County crosses the Third Principal Meridian at the northwest corner of the County.
For example, the Mount Diablo Meridian, used for surveys in California and Nevada, runs north-south through the summit of Mount Diablo.
The first president was A.J. McPhail and the first elevator was built in Bulyea in 1925 (in the area of Section 36, Township 16, Range 15, W of the 2nd meridian).
Meridian | Principal | Meridian, Mississippi | Principal (school) | principal | meridian | ITV Meridian | 97th meridian west | Blood Meridian | 144th meridian east | 114th meridian west | Meridian (geography) | Victoria Principal | 57th meridian west | 125th meridian west | 105th meridian west | 104th meridian west | Principal Skinner | 6th meridian east | 153rd meridian east | 115th meridian west | 105th meridian east | 103rd meridian west | Principal (university) | Meridian, Texas | Meridian (journal) | Meridian International Center | Blood Meridian (band) | 87th meridian west | 86th meridian west |
The center of the settlement was located at quarter section North West 36Township 19, Range 1 west of the Principal Meridian (NW36-19-1W).
Initial point of the Fifth Principal Meridian (1815) - Brown established the initial point of the Fifth Principal Meridian which was to be used for surveying lands in the Louisiana Purchase in the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota.