The 37th meridian west from Washington is an archaic meridian based on the

Washington meridian The Washington meridians are four meridians that were used as prime meridians in the United States and pass through Washington, D.C. The four which have been specified are: # through the Capitol # through the White House # through the old Naval ...

. It is currently located at approximately 114 degrees, 3 minutes west of the

Greenwich meridian The historic prime meridian or Greenwich meridian is a geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England. The modern IERS Reference Meridian widely used today is based on the Greenwich m ...

. The meridian is used as a boundary for two states.

Usage as a boundary

The first and only usage of the meridian as a boundary occurred in 1866. In that year, the state of

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

's eastern boundary was pushed one degree further east to the current boundary. This also had the effect of pushing the

Utah Territory The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state ...

's western boundary further east.

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

would become a state in 1896.

References

Borders of Nevada Borders of Utah Meridians (geography) {{US-geo-stub