Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional)

E29434
historical boundary state border

The Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) is the historic state line in the central Appalachian region whose course was long defined by early colonial surveys and landmarks such as the Fairfax Stone.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Maryland–West Virginia border 3
Maryland–Virginia boundary (historical) 1
Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical boundary ⓘ
state border ⓘ
adjacentTo Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maryland–Virginia boundary (historical)

Virginia–West Virginia boundary ⓘ
characterizedBy imprecise early surveying techniques ⓘ
use of natural features as boundary markers ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
definedBy early colonial surveys ⓘ
landmarks ⓘ
era colonial period of British North America ⓘ
followsFeature North Branch Potomac River ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
South Branch Potomac River ⓘ
ridges of the Allegheny Mountains ⓘ
hasDisputes boundary interpretation between Maryland and Virginia ⓘ
boundary interpretation between Maryland and West Virginia ⓘ
hasLegalStatus reference line in later boundary litigation ⓘ
historicalRole colonial-era provincial boundary ⓘ
influencedBy Fairfax Grant ⓘ
Maryland charter of 1632 ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Appalachian region ⓘ
notableLandmark Fairfax Stone ⓘ
originatesFrom colonial land grants ⓘ
proprietary charters ⓘ
partOf boundary between the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Appalachian regions ⓘ
precedes modern surveyed Maryland–West Virginia boundary ⓘ
separates Maryland ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
usesSurveyPoint Fairfax Stone ⓘ
headwaters of the North Branch Potomac River ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Fairfax Stone → startPointOf → Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) ⓘ
Fairfax Stone → nearBorder → Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland–West Virginia state line
Backbone Mountain → isPartOfStateBoundary → Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland–West Virginia border
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park → locatedNear → Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland–West Virginia border
Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) → adjacentTo → Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland–Virginia boundary (historical)
Virginia–West Virginia boundary → adjacentTo → Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland–West Virginia boundary at the Potomac River
Bloomington, Maryland → nearbyStateBoundary → Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland–West Virginia border