A very interesting what-if regarding this narrow neck of MD:

Before Mason and Dixon set out on their survey, Lord Baltimore's
representatives believed the PA-MD line of latitude would be farther north.
Once it was established as a line 15 mi (IIRC) south of Spruce Street in
Philadelphia (minus the land enclosed by the New Castle arc, of course),
there was a real concern that the MD-VA line (the right bank of the Potomac)
might actually swing so far north that it would extend north of the MD-PA
boundary. Now *that* would have been interesting.

So what is the speculation here as to how that situation might have been
equitably resolved among VA-MD-PA? VA was supposed to have the lands south
of the Potomac; but if the river flowed north of 44 deg latitude, it would
have punctured PA and cut off eastern MD from western MD, creating a large
enclave. How else could this have been resolved?

As noted here, Mason and Dixon breathed a sigh of relief when the river's
course again turned to the south before reaching their line.

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> Has anybody ever been to Hancock?
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> This narrow part of Maryland.
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