Choctaw meridian

The Choctaw meridian is a meridian that governs the surveys in most of central Mississippi, USA. It begins on the Choctaw baseline, latitude 31° 54' 40" north, longitude 90° 14' 45" west from Greenwich and runs north to the south boundary of the Chickasaw cession, at latitude 34° 19' 40" north.

Sources

  • Raymond, William Galt (1914). Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field (via Google Books). New York: American Book Company.

See also

  • "Cadastral Survey [Choctaw Meridian]". U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  • "Principal Meridians and Base Lines". U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  • "Choctaw Principal Meridian, Georgetown, MS". Principal Meridian Project. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  • "Choctaw Meridian". The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Retrieved 2012-09-30.

Coordinates: 31°52′29″N 90°14′42″W / 31.87472°N 90.24500°W / 31.87472; -90.24500


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