Borders are always a fascinating subject, twice fold on things like the Toledo strip war. For a real weird one, check out that semicircle that makes Delaware's northern boundary. They really don't know where the exact lines are any more.
Borders are always a fascinating subject, twice fold on things like the Toledo strip war. For a real weird one, check out that semicircle that makes Delaware's northern boundary. They really don't know where the exact lines are any more.
You don't even have to go that far. Right here in Michigan, we don't even have an exact grasp of where our border with Indiana is, anymore, because of antiquated land surveys [[old wooden surveying spikes have rotted away or were vandalized). In fact, back in 2010 a whole commission was actually created to resurvey the stateline with Indiana called the Indiana-Michigan Boundary Line Commission under the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Because everyone forgot the commission existed, I don't believe it was actually properly funded until this year. The counties along the border on each side, I believe, are doled out the funds to do this, with the expectations that this will be done by 2018.
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