IN.gov - Skip Navigation

Note: This message is displayed if (1) your browser is not standards-compliant or (2) you have you disabled CSS. Read our Policies for more information.

IHB > Historical Markers > Find a Marker > State Line Survey State Line Survey

Location: US 24 at state line, west of Kentland. Missing. (Newton County, Indiana)

Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1966

ID# : 56.1966.1

Text

In 1821 the Indiana-Illinois state line was surveyed by General John Tipton for Indiana and Samuel McClintoc for Illinois. They ran the line and marked each mile of it from Vincennes to Lake Michigan.

Keywords

Early Settlement and Exploration