On This Day in West Virginia History, March 26th

March 26, 2023

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

Fairfax Stone, 1889

On March 26, 1858, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act authorizing the governor to appoint a commissioner to negotiate a boundary line between Maryland and Virginia from the mouth of the Potomac River at the Atlantic Ocean to the Fairfax Stone. The boundary dispute, later between Maryland and West Virginia, was not settled until 1910.

Learn more: Act of the Virginia General Assembly To Ascertain and Fix the Boundary Between Virginia and Maryland "State's Victory Complete In Boundary Dispute" Brief to the United States Supreme Court by Julius K. Monroe in the Case of State of Maryland vs. State of West Virginia Section of Survey Map Showing Fairfax Stone and Part of Deakins Line "Boundaries of West Virginia" Document-Based Questions