New York–Pennsylvania Border
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New York–Pennsylvania Border
The New York–Pennsylvania border is the state line between the U.S. states of New York (state), New York and Pennsylvania. It has three sections: * Along the center line of the Delaware River from the Tri-States Monument tripoint with New Jersey at the confluence of the Delaware with the Neversink River in Port Jervis, New York to the 42nd parallel north between Hancock, New York and Deposit (town), New York, Deposit, New York about 2.8 km downstream from Hale Eddy, New York, Hale Eddy; above Hancock, New York, Hancock this is the West Branch Delaware River, West branch of the Delaware; * Across the 42nd parallel north to the corner of the Erie Triangle; * North along the east boundary of the Erie Triangle to Lake Erie. The survey of the 42nd parallel north was carried out in 1785–86 and accepted by the two states in 1787. The surveying technique that was used at the time was not especially accurate, and as such, this boundary wanders a bit on both sides of the true par ...
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