I heard it was wayyyyyyyy up north
2007-08-03 15:23:51 · 7 answers · asked by daiberino 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
yes the mason-dixon line is between maryland and pennsylvania. believe me i live in Pa. and my name is mason.
2007-08-03 15:44:44 · answer #1 · answered by Mason S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mason-Dixon line is actually the eastern border of the State of Maryland (the straight line which separates it from the State of Delaware) and the northern border of the State of Maryland separating Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Alhough the Mason-Dixon line is most commonly associated with the division between the northern and southern (free and slave, respectively) states during the 1800s and American Civil War-era, the line was delineated in the mid-1700s to settle a property dispute. The two surveyors who mapped the line, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, will always be known for their famous boundary.
On October 9, 1767, almost four years after they began their surveying, the 233 mile-long Mason-Dixon line had (almost) been completely surveyed.
Over fifty years later, the boundary between the two states came into the spotlight with the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The Compromise established a boundary between the slave states of the south and the free states of the north (however its separation of Maryland and Delaware is a bit confusing since Delaware was a slave state that stayed in the Union).
This boundary became referred to as the Mason-Dixon line because it began in the east along the Mason-Dixon line and headed westward to the Ohio River and along the Ohio to its mouth at the Mississippi River and then west along 36 degrees 30 minutes North.
If you go to the source shown below you can see a map of the actual line.
2007-08-03 23:49:01 · answer #2 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 22 miles north of my house, honey child. It is the Pennsylvania-Maryland border, and was done after a border dispute led to some bloodshed in the 1730s (Maryland lost).
2007-08-03 22:30:16 · answer #3 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
2007-08-04 05:20:32 · answer #4 · answered by dj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Many folks do. If you live in Baton Rouge, it IS waaaaay up north. But then again, so is Shreveport.
2007-08-03 22:28:19 · answer #5 · answered by Bacse 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it is not wayyyyy up north. it is somewhere around VA/MD/PA area ..........you can tell........ppl get much friendlier as you cross into the south
2007-08-03 22:32:47 · answer #6 · answered by bella36 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ohio.
2007-08-03 22:26:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋