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Fairfax Stone Historical Monument
County Rd 9, Fairfax RdDavis West Virginia
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The Fairfax Stone was a surveyor's marker placed to settle a boundary dispute and to determine the proprietorship and boundaries of a large tract of largely unsurveyed land in the colonies of Maryland and Virginia during the Survey of 1736/37.
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Landmark Trivia
- A line running north from the stone to the Mason & Dixon Line marks the western boundary of Maryland.
- Fairfax Stone Monument marks the beginning of the North Branch of the Potomac River and the location thought to define the original property holdings of Lord Fairfax.
- The original stone is believed lost, but a replica is maintained at the original site.
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