Subject: Shortest County Border<br/>
Date: Nov 05, 2003 @ 17:43<br/>
Author: spookymike@aol.com (spookymike@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2146293209">Not too long ago there was an extended discussion about the shortest <br/>
international border.  While doing some mapping in connection with my county <br/>
highpointing hobby, I ran across two short U.S. county common borders.  I offer these <br/>
to the group without any assurance that they are the shortest, in fact <br/>
considering the 3,000+ U.S. counties, there are most likely shorter common borders.  <br/>
The obvious counterpart is the longest common county border.<br/>
<br/>
Macon and Monroe Counties in Missouri, estimated at about 400 feet in length:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=15&n=4383981.59766708%20&e=560111.101455454&u=1&">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=15&n=4383981.59766708%20&e=560111.101455454&u=1&</a><br/>
datum=nad27<br/>
<br/>
Summers, West Virginia, and Giles, Virginia, estimated at about 520 feet:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=4142239&e=512472&s=50&size=m&u=1&layer=DRG2">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=4142239&e=512472&s=50&size=m&u=1&layer=DRG2</a><br/>
5<br/>
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Mike Schwartz</div>