Fairfax boundary line

E190980

colonial-era boundary survey line

The Fairfax boundary line was a colonial-era survey line in Virginia that marked the western limits of the vast Northern Neck land grant held by the Fairfax family.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fairfax boundary	1
Fairfax boundary line canonical	1

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial-era boundary ⓘ survey line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fairfax Line ⓘ Fairfax boundary line ⓘ surface form: Fairfax boundary
appliesToJurisdiction	British colonial administration in Virginia ⓘ Northern Neck ⓘ surface form: Northern Neck Proprietary in Virginia
associatedWith	Fairfax family ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia
hasEffect	defined extent of Fairfax proprietary holdings in Virginia ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasSubject	boundary surveying ⓘ colonial land grants ⓘ land tenure ⓘ
historicalPeriod	colonial era ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ Northern Neck ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
marks	western limits of the Northern Neck land grant ⓘ
namedAfter	Fairfax family ⓘ Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
partOf	Northern Neck ⓘ surface form: Northern Neck Proprietary history of Virginia land grants ⓘ history of the Northern Neck ⓘ
purpose	to define the boundary of the Fairfax proprietary lands ⓘ
usedFor	resolving land ownership within the Northern Neck grant ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fairfax Line → alsoKnownAs → Fairfax boundary line ⓘ

Fairfax boundary line → alsoKnownAs → Fairfax boundary line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fairfax boundary