Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park
1957 establishments in West VirginiaColony of VirginiaFairfax familyGeography of MarylandGeography of West Virginia ... and 18 more
Historic surveying landmarks in the United StatesHistory of West VirginiaIUCN Category IIILandmarks in West VirginiaMonuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in West VirginiaNRHP infobox with nocatNational Register of Historic Places in Grant County, West VirginiaNational Register of Historic Places in Preston County, West VirginiaNational Register of Historic Places in Tucker County, West VirginiaPotomac RiverPre-statehood history of MarylandProtected areas established in 1957Protected areas of Grant County, West VirginiaProtected areas of Preston County, West VirginiaProtected areas of Tucker County, West VirginiaState parks of West VirginiaUse American English from July 2025Use mdy dates from August 2023
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park is a West Virginia state park commemorating the Fairfax Stone, a surveyor's marker and boundary stone at the source of the North Branch of the Potomac River. The original stone was placed on October 23, 1746 to settle a boundary dispute between Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and the Privy Council of Great Britain concerning the Northern Neck of Virginia. It determined the proprietorship and boundaries of a large tract of mostly unsurveyed land in the British colonies of Maryland and Virginia.
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Fairfax Stone Historical Monument
Fairfax Stone Road
26292
West Virginia, United States
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