1767
Mason and Dixon mark Preston County’s future northern boundary
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveyed the line that now forms Preston County’s northern boundary with Pennsylvania. Originally part of a colonial boundary settlement, the Mason-Dixon Line later became widely associated with the division between North and South.
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