Metes and Bounds Description Detail

Detail

Description Type Source Acres Beginning Point
Carlisle Borough to Middlesex Township-North Middleton Township-South Middleton Township 1861 Annexation shape act Carlisle and Chambersburg turnpike

Map

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Courses and Distances

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Point Thence Course Distance To
1 S 2.5° W 3828 ft. Steele's lane
2 S 81° E 1567.5 ft. post in the field of John Noble
3 across the Carlisle and Hanover turnpike down the Green lane across the Letort spring N 89° E 3498 ft. post at the Spring road
4 N 70° E 2986.5 ft. post at the York road
5 N 9.5° W 3209.25 ft. centre of Cumberland Valley railroad
6 through the Garrison lands across Letort spring and across the Carlisle and Harrisburg turnpike N 55° W 3712.5 ft. post at Stinking lane
7 by said lane N 22° W 561 ft. post
8 N 78.5° W 684.75 ft. post at the Sulphur Spring road
9 S 72° W 3366 ft. post
10 S 8° W 2277 ft. place of beginning

Change Measurement Units

Courses:  Degrees; Degrees & minutes; or Degrees, minutes, & seconds.
Distances:  Feet; Feet & inches; Rods; Rods & feet; Rods, feet, & inches; or Chains.

Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Annexation Carlisle Borough to Middlesex Township-North Middleton Township-South Middleton Township 1861 Annexation yes Apr 17, 1861