Initial Point (Oklahoma)

Initial Point
Nearest city Davis, Oklahoma
Coordinates 34°30′24″N 97°14′49″W / 34.50667°N 97.24694°W / 34.50667; -97.24694 (Initial Point)Coordinates: 34°30′24″N 97°14′49″W / 34.50667°N 97.24694°W / 34.50667; -97.24694 (Initial Point)
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference # 70000533[1]
Added to NRHP October 6, 1970

Initial Point, on the boundary of Garvin County, Oklahoma and Murray County, Oklahoma, about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Davis, Oklahoma, is a historic surveying initial point which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

It includes one contributing object, a sandstone marker monument approximately 54x18x18 in dimension. It was set "in a mound of stones six feet in diameter and three feet high, from which flagstaff at Fort Arbuckle bears north seven degrees, thirty-seven minutes west."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Kent Ruth (June 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Initial Point". National Park Service. Retrieved June 8, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1970
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