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3 unusual facts about Principal Meridian


Jefferson County, Illinois

The baseline along the northern border of the County crosses the Third Principal Meridian at the northwest corner of the County.

Principal meridian

For example, the Mount Diablo Meridian, used for surveys in California and Nevada, runs north-south through the summit of Mount Diablo.

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool

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).



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Bender Hamlet, Manitoba

The center of the settlement was located at quarter section North West 36Township 19, Range 1 west of the Principal Meridian (NW36-19-1W).

Joseph C. Brown

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.