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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.
Fairfax Stone State Park. Davis , West Virginia. About This Park. Fairfax Stone State Park is comprised of four acres and named after the Fairfax Stone, a surveyor’s marker and boundary stone used in the 1700s to settle a dispute over land in the English colonies of Maryland and Virginia.
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.
27 de nov. de 2023 · The Fairfax Stone, which originally marked the western extent of the Fairfax estate, is an important West Virginia landmark. The estate, one of Virginia’s largest colonial land grants, included most of the present Eastern Panhandle.
Fairfax Stone State Park. At the source of the North Branch of the Potomac River, the Fairfax Stone marked the western extent of land granted Lord Fairfax of Cameron by the King of England in the 1780s. A line plotted northward from the stone to the Mason-Dixon Line at Pennsylvania also forms the western boundary of Maryland and West Virginia.
18 de ago. de 2007 · This monument, at the headspring of the Potomac River, marks one of the historic spots of America. Its name is derived from Thomas Lord Fairfax who owned all the land lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. The first Fairfax Stone, marked by "FX", was set in 1746 by Thomas Lewis, a surveyor employed by Lord Fairfax.
Home / Fairfax Stone State Park. The Fairfax Stone is one of the oldest markers in the United States. It marks marks the boundary between Maryland and West Virginia, the headwaters of the Potomac River, and the junction of Grant, Preston and Tucker Counties.
