Near East Liverpool in Columbiana County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Gateway To The Northwest

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, July 3, 2011

1. Gateway To The Northwest Marker

Inscription. Near this site on September 30, 1785, Thomas Hutchins, first Geographer of the United States, drove a stake: This was the "Point of Beginning" of the Geographer's Line for the survey of the first "Seven Ranges" of six-mile square townships in compliance with the Federal Land Ordinance of 1785. This survey served as a prototype for most of the western United States (except Texas) and many countries of the world.

Erected 1985 by Columbiana County Historical Association, East Liverpool Historical Society, The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 9-15.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Environment. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1907.

Location. 40° 38.548′ N, 80° 31.142′ W. Marker is near East Liverpool, Ohio, in Columbiana County. It is on Harvey Avenue (Ohio Route 39) 0.4 miles east of Bushwick Street, on the right when traveling east. Located at a roadside pull off at the Ohio/Pennsylvania state line. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: East Liverpool OH 43920, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Land Ordinance of 1785 / The Seven Ranges (here, next

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to this marker); Down The Ohio (a few steps from this marker in Pennsylvania); The Point of Beginning (a few steps from this marker in Pennsylvania); Beginning Point of the U. S. Public Land Survey (a few steps from this marker); The Sandy and Beaver Canal (approx. 0.4 miles away in Pennsylvania); Smiths Ferry (approx. 0.9 miles away in Pennsylvania); The Penna - Virginia Boundary (approx. 0.9 miles away in Pennsylvania); Georgetown (approx. one mile away in Pennsylvania). Touch for a list and map of all markers in East Liverpool.

Another marker is no longer nearby. First Paper Mill / Little Beaver Creek Bridge (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, July 3, 2011

2. Gateway To The Northwest Marker

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2011

3. Gateway To The Northwest Marker

View looking east along Pennsylvania Route 68, of the historical marker and the Pennsylvania-Ohio state line.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,700 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 4, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on September 4, 2011, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.