The Wedge (Newark, Delaware)

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A place that was historically unclaimed.

Here between Maryland and the Delaware curve is a wedge-shaped tract of about 800 acres. For more than a century claimed by Pennsylvania but governed by Delaware. A joint commission appointed 1889 from both states awarded it to Delaware. Ratified by Pennsylvania 1897, by Delaware in 1921 and by Congress 1921.

archives.delaware.gov/markers/ncc/NC-36.shtml#TopOfPage

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=9961
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedge_(border)
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Coordinates:   39°41'43"N   75°46'52"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago