5 maintain your boundaries.

• Position: STATELINE - North and South Carolina boundary - Brief article

Modern surveyors, using equipment George II of England could not have imagined in 1735, have discovered errors in the boundary line drawn back then that divided Carolina in two. The king had specific orders for the surveyors: Start 30 miles south of the mouth of the Cape Fear River, move northwest to 35 degrees latitude, then head west until they hit the Pacific.... Well, that didn't work, so the line over the years twisted and turned a bit as surveyors used stakes, chains, the sun and the stars. It all seems rather amusing, except to the 93 property owners who could lose their South Carolina identity--and maybe even their livelihoods...