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Huguenot in Orange County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

N.J. Claim Line

 
 
N.J. Claim Line Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, March 15, 2022
1. N.J. Claim Line Marker
Inscription.
State line as claimed by
New Jersey, 1688-1769,
7 miles north of present
line at Port Jervis, N.Y.
caused 50 year border war

 
Erected 1936 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraGovernment & Politics.
 
Location. 41° 25.976′ N, 74° 37.309′ W. Marker is in Huguenot, New York, in Orange County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 209 and Huguenot Road, on the left when traveling south on U.S. 209. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Huguenot NY 12746, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Hudson Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker,
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measured as the crow flies: Fort Gumaer (approx. 0.6 miles away); Site of Home (approx. 0.7 miles away); Peenpack School (approx. Ύ mile away); Cuddeback (approx. Ύ mile away); Huguenot School (approx. 1.1 miles away); Deerpark 9/11 Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Huguenot (approx. 1.1 miles away); N.J. Line War (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huguenot.
 
Also see . . .  New York – New Jersey Line War (Wikipedia). (Submitted on March 19, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
N.J. Claim Line Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, March 15, 2022
2. N.J. Claim Line Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 19, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 737 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 19, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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