Fairfax Line
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The Fairfax Line was a colonial-era boundary line in what is now West Virginia and Virginia, originally surveyed to define the limits of the vast Northern Neck land grant.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era boundary line
ⓘ
surveyed boundary ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fairfax boundary line ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Northern Neck
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Neck Proprietary
|
| country | British America ⓘ |
| definesBoundaryOf |
Northern Neck
ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Fairfax proprietary lands
Northern Neck ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Neck land grant
|
| geographicalContext | Appalachian region ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Colonial Virginia history
ⓘ
Geographic boundaries of West Virginia ⓘ Historical boundary lines in the United States ⓘ |
| hasEndPoint | headwaters region of the Potomac River ⓘ |
| hasStartPoint | headwaters region of the Rappahannock River ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
| influenced |
later county boundaries in Virginia
ⓘ
later county boundaries in West Virginia ⓘ |
| isPartOf | colonial boundary surveys in British North America ⓘ |
| jurisdictionalSignificance | separated proprietary lands from crown lands in Virginia Colony ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Northern Neck land grant charter ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Colony
present-day Virginia ⓘ present-day West Virginia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ |
| partOf | boundaries of the Northern Neck Proprietary ⓘ |
| purpose | to define the limits of the Northern Neck land grant ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Northern Neck
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Neck of Virginia
|
| surveyedBy | colonial surveyors ⓘ |
| usedFor |
colonial land administration
ⓘ
land ownership determination ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.