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The parallel 36°30′ north is a circle of latitude that is 36 1 ⁄ 2 degrees north of the equator of the Earth. This parallel of latitude is particularly significant in the history of the United States as the line of the Missouri Compromise , which was used to divide the prospective slave and free states east of the Mississippi River , with ...
Once at the Tennessee River in the western part of the state, the border shifts south onto the actual 36°30′ parallel. [5] An 1818 survey erroneously placed the state's southern border 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the 35th parallel; Georgia legislators continue to dispute this placement, as it prevents Georgia from accessing the Tennessee River. [6]
Senator Jesse B. Thomas of Illinois added a compromise provision that excluded slavery from all remaining lands of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36° 30' parallel. The combined measures passed the Senate, only to be voted down in the House by Northern representatives who held out for a free Missouri.
The northern border was originally defined as 36°30′ north latitude and the Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665, but due to faulty surveys, begins north of this line in the east, and to the west, gradually veers north before shifting south onto the actual 36°30′ parallel at the Tennessee River in West Tennessee.
35th parallel north; M. ... Parallel 36°30′ north; R. Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665; T. Tennessee River; Tennessee–Georgia water dispute;
The St. Francis River defines the western side of the Missouri Bootheel from 36°00' to 36°30'. The border with Arkansas then runs west (approximately) along the 36°30' parallel to the border with Oklahoma.
Primarily from the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. [1] State names usually signify only parts of each listed state, unless otherwise indicated. Based on the BLM manual's 1973 publication date, and the reference to Clarke's Spheroid of 1866 in section 2-82, coordinates appear to be in the NAD27 datum.
The river in Tennessee reaches as close as 200 feet (61 m) from the Georgia state line in Marion County. [1] The southern border of Tennessee was declared to be located on the 35th parallel north when Tennessee was established as a state by Congress on June 1, 1796. This would have allowed a small portion of the river to be located within Georgia.