The Wedge - Delaware Public Archives

NC-36:

Created from the difficulty in surveying the twelve-mile circle tangent point and the Tangent Line defined by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, this land between the State of Maryland and the Delaware curve is a wedge-shaped tract that was claimed by Pennsylvania but governed by Delaware for more than a century. A joint commission appointed in 1889 from both states awarded it to Delaware. This decision was ratified by Pennsylvania in 1897, with Delaware and the United States Congress following suit in 1921.

ORIGINAL TEXT: Here between Maryland and the Delaware curve is a wedge-shaped tract of about 800 acres. For more than a century claimed by Pennsylvania but governed by Delaware. A joint commission appointed 1889 from both states awarded it to Delaware. Ratified by Pennsylvania 1897, by Delaware 1921, and by Congress 1921

Installed in 1932. Reinstalled in 2022.