hahahahaha
nice play
were they surprised or amused or anything
& how about the library
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Flynn, Kevin"
<flynnk@r...> wrote:
> I just talked to the borough clerk's office and the woman told
me that
> neither she, nor the mayor, nor anyone in the office at the
moment has any
> idea why their town is shaped as an octagon.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aletheiak [mailto:aletheiak@y...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 12:12 PM
> > To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: STOP Sign in Northern New
Jersey
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/59fvv
> > narrows the difference between the longest & shortest sides
of
> > the octagon to perhaps as little as 125 feet
> > or only about 6 percent
> > & all the angles measure close to perfect regularity too
> >
> > the directional offset of the octagon appears to follow the
general
> > direction of the main drag
> > on which a pair of its diametric extremities evidently do fall
> >
> > but i guess theres nothing left to do but call boro hall
> > & just ask them if they know what the deal is
> >
> > there is after all at least half a chance that the boro was
formed &
> > surveyed within living memory
> >
> > & another half a chance that local pride has remained aware
of
> > or somehow actually commemorated the unusual shape
> >
> > like what if they get several calls a week on this very question
&
> > have a faq already prepared
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> > <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > handsome & fascinating find mike
> > >
> > > & tho further info on this municipality is elusive
> > > its absence from a 1903 topo indicates it is relatively recent
> > > & thus presumably had a fairly accurate border survey
> > >
> > > curiously enough tho
> > > the octagon only gives the impression of having a perfectly
> > > cardinal orientation
> > > yet is actually off by several degrees
> > >
> > > &
> > > measurements indicate the octagon isnt so nearly
equilateral
> > as
> > > it looks either
> > > what with the longest sides being about 200 feet longer
than
> > the
> > > shortest
> > >
> > > all of which suggests someone may well have tried for but
> > > somehow not quite achieved geometric perfection
> > >
> > >
> > > but if the powers that were really did want to make the
easiest
> > > possible work of an otherwise hard job
> > > as you surmise
> > > then such minor inexactitudes as these come as no great
> > > surprise either
> > >
> > >
> > > circular municipalities are actually fairly common tho
> > > especially in the postbellum south
> > > nor do they even necessarily require any demarcation
> > > as an examination of plains georgia for example has
revealed
> > > http://egroups.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/1550
> > >
http://topozone.com/map.asp?lat=32.03389&lon=-84.39278
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, spookymike@a...
> > > wrote:
> > > > For reasons unknown to me, the Borough of Sussex, in
> > > Sussex County, New
> > > > Jersey, is octagonally shaped. As with many other NJ
> > > boroughs, towns, etc., it is
> > > > completely surrounded by another municpality. Perhaps
the
> > > powers what be
> > > > wanted to make a circular borough, but found it easier to
> > > survey the eight
> > > > straight segments of the octagon, rather than risk
duplicating
> > > the boundary mess in
> > > > northern Delaware?
> > > >
> > > > Have a look: http://tinyurl.com/5r68d
> > > >
> > > > Mike Schwartz
> >
> >
> >
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