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  2. 35th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 35th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 35 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa , the Mediterranean Sea , Asia , the Pacific Ocean , North America and the Atlantic Ocean .

  3. Tennessee–Georgia water dispute - Wikipedia

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    The river in Tennessee reaches as close as 200 feet (61 m) from the Georgia state line in Marion County. [1] The southern border of Tennessee was declared to be located on the 35th parallel north when Tennessee was established as a state by Congress on June 1, 1796. This would have allowed a small portion of the river to be located within Georgia.

  4. Tri-State Corner - Wikipedia

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    The southern border of Tennessee was declared to be located on the 35th parallel north when Tennessee was established as a state by Congress on June 1, 1796, which is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the present-day tripoint. This would have allowed a small portion of the Tennessee River to be located in Georgia.

  5. Georgia State University - Wikipedia

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    Initially intended as a night school, Georgia State University was established in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's Evening School of Commerce. [23] A reorganization of the University System of Georgia in the 1930s led to the school becoming the Atlanta Extension Center of the University System of Georgia and allowed night students to earn degrees from several colleges in the ...

  6. Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee and North Carolina to the north, South Carolina and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. Of the 50 United States, Georgia is the 24th-largest by area and eighth most populous.

  7. Hightower Bald - Wikipedia

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    When Tennessee became a state in 1796, Congress designated Georgia's northern boundaries as the 35th parallel north. [6] In 1818, mathematician James Camak incorrectly calculated the 35th parallel north as being located south of Nickajack Lake. Camak and his survey team then proceeded to mark Georgia's northern border 110 miles (180 km) east ...

  8. State cessions - Wikipedia

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    Ceded the "Yazoo lands", between 35th parallel and 31st parallel of latitude west to the Mississippi River, across present-day Alabama and Mississippi. Unique among the cessions, Georgia charged the federal government $1.25 million for this land, which it apparently paid. Massachusetts: November 13, 1784: April 19, 1785

  9. Module:Location map/data/USA Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Module:Location map/data/USA Georgia is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Georgia. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.