Metes and Bounds Description Detail

Detail

Description Type Source Acres Beginning Point
Bechtelsville Borough Ordinance 40 shape ordinance 10.0656875 corner, said corner being the present southwestern corner of the Borough of Bechtelsville

Map

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Courses and Distances

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Point Thence Course Distance To
1 along the present dividing line between the Borough of Bechtelsville, and the Township of Washington, said line being the southern boundary line of the Borough of Bechtelsville, crossing the Macadam State Highway leading from Boyertown to Bechtelsville S 73.75° E 838.197916666667 ft. corner in the Right of Way of the Reading Company--Colebrookdale Railroad (60 ft. wide)
2 diagonally crossing the aforesaid Right of Way S 26° W 175.916666666667 ft. corner in the western Right of Way line of the Reading Company--Colebrookdale Railroad
3 along the aforesaid western Right of Way line S 9.25° W 606.760416666667 ft. corner in the division line between the Township of Washington and the Township of Colebrookdale
4 leaving the aforesaid Western Right of Way line and along the aforesaid division line between the Township of Washington and the Township of Colebrookdale, recrossing the aforesaid Macadam State Highway leading from Boyertown to Bechtelsville N 49.75° W 736.583333333333 ft. corner
5 leaving the aforesaid division line between the Township of Washington and the Township of Colebrookdale N 7.5° W 520.072916666667 ft. place of Beginning

Change Measurement Units

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Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Annexation Bechtelsville Borough Ordinance 40 yes Dec 29, 1952