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ding, ding, ding, correct!
The DVO was a surveying error in the early 1800’s that gave Tennessee an eight mile by one mile area north of 36.5 degrees latitude that should have been part of Virginia. The resulting notch in Virginia’s border (just south of Damascus) remains there to this day, preserved by the US Supreme Court in 1903 in Virginia vs. Tennessee.
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Part of Tennesee that should be Virginia?**
-- UTPr0sim
Jun 30, 2026 at 07:41 AM ET
UTPr0sim
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06/30/26 07:41 AM ET
ding, ding, ding, correct!
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-- lilhokie525
Jun 30, 2026 at 07:42 AM ET
lilhokie525
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06/30/26 07:42 AM ET
I always wondered about that
-- TomTurkey
Jun 30, 2026 at 08:19 AM ET
TomTurkey
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06/30/26 08:19 AM ET
George did screw up. They started draining the swamp but now we are trying
-- IB4TECH
Jun 30, 2026 at 10:56 AM ET
IB4TECH
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06/30/26 10:56 AM ET
Thomas Jefferson's Dad in the surveying biz...**
-- UTPr0sim
Jun 30, 2026 at 08:36 AM ET
UTPr0sim
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06/30/26 08:36 AM ET
When I first researched this question, I thought Peter Jefferson was
-- lilhokie525
Jun 30, 2026 at 10:25 AM ET
lilhokie525
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06/30/26 10:25 AM ET