Federal District boundary markers in northern Virginia; condition and preservation issues
1994; United States Department of the Interior; Linguagem: Inglês
10.3133/ofr94592
ISSN2332-4899
Autores Tópico(s)Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
ResumoThe capital of the United States of America was established on 100 square miles of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia to the Federal government in 1790.In 1791 and 1792 the new Federal area was surveyed and marked with gray sandstone boundary markers, typically four feet long and one foot square in size, that were taken from ledges at the Aquia Creek quarry located in Stafford County, Virginia.The boundary markers were placed at one mile intervals around the perimeter of the Federal area, beginning at Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia at the southern corner of the area.In 1846, the part of the District located south and west of the Potomac River was ceded back to Virginia.Thus, fourteen of the original markers for the Federal District boundary are located in Northern Virginia.Over the years, responsibility for maintenance of the boundary markers, particularly those in Northern Virginia, has been uncertain (Terman, 1972).However, from 1915 to 1920 various chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) located, restored, and fenced most of the stones.In 1963, the National Park Service, who had responsibility for the Boundary stones along the Maryland -District line, determined that when the Federal land was retroceded to Virginia in 1846, it included the boundary stones so the National Park Service was not responsible
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