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United States: In the United States the 35th parallel defines the southern border of Tennessee, part of the southern border of North Carolina, and the northern borders of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. California – passing just north of Santa Maria Arizona–California–Nevada tripoint Arizona New Mexico – passing just south of ...
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[6] [7] According to a 2008 publication in the Tennessee Bar Journal, a publication of the Tennessee Bar Association, Georgia attempted to "resolve the dispute" in the 1890s, 1905, 1915, 1922, 1941, 1947 and 1971 by moving the border north to the actual 35th parallel north, allowing them access to the Tennessee River in Nickajack Lake. [8]
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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, which is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the present-day tripoint. This would have allowed a small portion of the Tennessee River to be located in Georgia.
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These border features were the results of two surveying expeditions conducted in the early 19th century. [5] When Tennessee became a state in 1796, Congress designated Georgia's northern boundaries as the 35th parallel north. [6] In 1818, mathematician James Camak incorrectly calculated the 35th parallel north as being located south of ...
A map of the United States showing land claims and cessions from 1782 to 1802. The state cessions are the areas of the United States that the separate states ceded to the federal government in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.