Eight Mile Rd and Wisconsin-Illinois stateline same lattitude?...

[Al Publican]

I've been told that Eight Mile Rd and the Wisconsin-Illinois border share the same line. I came up with N42 degrees 29.704 for the Wisconsin-Illinois stateline but couldn't find the geographic figures for Eight Mile Rd.

Anyone around Eight Mile with a GPS that can come up with the numbers?

[lilpup]

The Aldi's store on Eight Mile in Ferndale [[north side) is 42.4498

The Booby Trap on the south side near John R is 42.4469

Put in an address, get the coordinates


Your 29.704 is in minutes & seconds instead of decimal? State Line School on State Line Road in Illinois is at 42-29'38" or 42.4939 in decimal.

[Jimaz]

FWIW, Google Earth puts 8 Mile at N42°26'52".

I recall some very interesting threads about this subject here.

[old guy]

Yes, I believe they do. Someone posted a film on this site a while back that explained it.

[Carey]

I believe the lines are close, but not quite the same.

[Novine]

If I recall correctly, the state line was originally the same as the Michigan baseline. But Illinois pushed to have its northern border pushed north when it became a state. Wikipedia has more details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois#19th_century

[Vox]

Close, but no cigar.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-baselines.png

Here's the explanation of the deviation of 10 miles in the border:

http://www.lib.niu.edu/1995/iht29502.html