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The 37th parallel north, also referred to as the Paranormal Highway, is a circle of latitude that is 37 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. This latitude crosses Europe , the Mediterranean Sea , Africa , Asia , the Pacific Ocean , North America , and the Atlantic Ocean .
The Colorado Territory's southern border would remain as the 37th parallel north, but a new border—between the Colorado and Utah Territories—was declared to be the 32nd meridian west from Washington. This line was derived from the reference used at the time, the Washington meridian. [13]
In the Treaty of New Echota, May 23, 1836, the northern border of the Cherokee Nation's land was set as the southern border of the Osage lands. When Congress passed the Kansas–Nebraska Act on May 30, 1854, it set the southern border of the Kansas Territory as the 37th parallel north. It was thought at the time that the Osage northern border ...
The old limestone marker is about 929 feet (283 m) north of the granite Preston monument, placing it in modern-day Colorado. Both markers have a parking lot for visitors arriving by car. Preston's Monument (1900) replaced the Cimarron Meridian's northern marker as the point marking the western extent of Oklahoma {see Chaney monument (1881), below}.
The territory extended from the Missouri border west to the summit of the Rocky Mountains and from the 37th parallel north to the 40th parallel north. Originally part of Missouri Territory, it was unorganized from 1821 to 1854. Much of the eastern region of what is now the State of Colorado was part of Kansas Territory.
The parallel 36°30′ north is part of a nearly straight east–west line of state borders (with small variations) starting on the East Coast of the United States, beginning with the border between Virginia and North Carolina. However, this boundary and the one between Kentucky and Tennessee lie a few miles north of 36°30′ in places.
There’s a planned 28,000-square-foot retail center called the Shops at Avante at the northwest corner of 37th and Ridge Road that brothers Brian and Paul Suellentrop will break ground on any day ...
37th parallel. 6 languages. Dansk; ... 37th parallel may refer to: 37th parallel north, a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere; 37th parallel south, ...