The Choctaw meridian is a
meridian
Meridian or a meridian line (from Latin ''meridies'' via Old French ''meridiane'', meaning “midday”) may refer to
Science
* Meridian (astronomy), imaginary circle in a plane perpendicular to the planes of the celestial equator and horizon
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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. The surveys of Mississippi by the
United States General Land Office begun in 1831 "used the 'Old Choctaw Line' as the 'base meridian' of their efforts to transform the landscape from a landscape of imperial violence to a field of national development."
See also
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List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States
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Meridians and base lines of the United States
Named meridians
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