Keywords: Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey Ohio.jpg 40 38 33 N 80 31 10 W View of the Ohio side of the Beginning Point of the U S Public Land Survey a monument marking the site that served as the basis for the entire Public Land Survey System ” the system by which most of the United States outside of the original colonies was surveyed Located on the Ohio / Pennsylvania border east of downtown East Liverpool Ohio East Liverpool Ohio it is split between the city of East Liverpool and the borough Pennsylvania borough of Ohioville Pennsylvania Ohioville in Beaver County Pennsylvania Beaver County Pennsylvania Erected in 1881 by a joint commission of Ohio and Pennsylvania surveyors the monument was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966 The road on which it lies is Ohio State Route 39 and Pennsylvania Route 68 Own 2009-03-28 User Nyttend 100px Front and 100px Pennsylvania side of the monument Beginning Point of the U S Public Land Survey Building-centered pictures by User Nyttend Taken with Canon PowerShot A540 |