Metes and Bounds Description Detail

Detail

Description Type Source Acres Beginning Point
Mount Joy Borough 1955 Ordinance shape ordinance 217.516 stake on the South bank of the Little Chickies Creek in the existing Borough line

Map

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Courses and Distances

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Point Thence Course Distance To
1 crossing said creek and along lands of Morris Stauffer and The Stauffer Quarries, respectively N 63.2833333333333° E 1243.27 ft. stone
2 continuing along land of Stauffer Quarries and Henry E. Shenk, respectively S 28.3° E 444.91 ft. stone
3 continuing along land of Henry E. Shenk, the following ten courses and distances, said line crossing Little Chickies Creek [1] S 14.05° W 176.55 ft. stake on the West side of same
4 [2] along the West side of said Creek S 23.3833333333333° E 198 ft. stake
5 [3] S 6.61666666666667° W 190.82 ft. stake
6 [4] again crossing said creek N 82.8666666666667° E 170.64 ft. spike in or near the center of Township Road (T360)
7 [5] in and along said Road S 7.38333333333333° E 249.15 ft. spike
8 [6] along the same S 1.13333333333333° E 151.8 ft. spike
9 [7] along the same S 8.03333333333333° W 74.64 ft. spike in the middle of said road
10 [8] leaving said road S 82.95° E 150 ft. stake
11 [9] S 7.05° W 373.04 ft. stake
12 [10] S 78.3166666666667° E 946.91 ft. post
13 along land of Arthur J. Harner, the three following courses and distances [1] S 11.4166666666667° W 301 ft. post
14 [2] S 76.1833333333333° E 427.32 ft. post
15 [3] S 26.05° W 808.53 ft. stake
16 along land of Wayne Young S 13.2166666666667° W 200 ft. point in the center of the Harrisburg Pike, being State Highway Route No. 129
17 along the center of said highway S 76.9666666666667° E 884.6 ft. point
18 leaving said Highway and along land of Joseph B. Hostetter S 11.2333333333333° W 600.66 ft. iron pin
19 along land of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the following five courses and distances [1] N 70.1666666666667° W 1600 ft. stake
20 [2] N 69.3333333333333° W 200 ft. stake
21 [3] N 68.3333333333333° W 200 ft. stake
22 [4] N 67.75° W 235.61 ft. stake
23 [5] N 67.5833333333333° W 473 ft. point in the existing Borough line on the West side of Little Chickies Creek
24 extending Northwardly along the Western side of the Little Chickies Creek 2000 ft. point
25 extending along the present Borough line N 6° W 440 ft. point on the South side of the Little Chickeis Creek
26 extending Northwestwardly along the South and Southwestward side of the Little Chickeis Creek N W 458 ft. stake, the place of Beginning

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Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1955 Ordinance yes Sep 2, 1955