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What is notable about this line of latitude apart from its part in the
Missouri Compromise? The only encyclopedic information in this article reproduces what is in that one, so surely redirection is the best solution.
Phil Bridger (
talk) 20:23, 27 October 2008 (UTC)reply
Please don't accuse me of being Amerocentric - I'm not even American. What "original geographic significance" does this parallel have that, say, 52° 30′ south doesn't? The category that you point to only has parallels at whole degrees, apart from the arctic/antarctic circles and the tropics, so those articles don't set any precedent for this one.
Phil Bridger (
talk) 16:32, 28 October 2008 (UTC)reply
Please do not redirect this article. It has value whether you see it or not. This article directs readers to the
Missouri Compromise article for the historical aspects of the parallel. --
Buaidh (
talk) 16:39, 28 October 2008 (UTC)reply
The article is surely wrong to claim that Virginia did not join the Confederate States. The Confederacy capital city was
Richmond Virginia. West Virginia later seceded from Virginia under Union encouragement (in 1863) but that does not alter the fact that Virginia was a
slave state that was part of the Confederacy. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
80.169.162.100 (
talk) 12:32, 9 September 2010 (UTC)reply
Map is Inaccurate; it is missing California
The map of what claims to be the United States at the start of the American Civil War is inaccurate. California was admitted to the union as a state in 1850 as part of the
Compromise of 1850. See
Compromise of 1850 and especially the maps there. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
64.134.228.176 (
talk) 20:57, 1 October 2011 (UTC)reply
I changed the caption to "Ca. 1849"...
AnonMoos (
talk) 21:58, 1 October 2011 (UTC)reply
Correct mathematical notation
All measurements of latitude and longitude are written with spaces in them, and in fact, the measurements of all angles in this system are done likewise. For example, 36° 30′ and 40° 45′ 50". Some people might not give a hoot, but doing so genuinely makes them easier to read. It seems to me that nowadays, billions of people continually write things down that are not easy to read. Why don't we be better than that!?
98.67.173.206 (
talk) 03:25, 25 November 2011 (UTC)reply
In the first paragraph of the section "In the United States", it mentions that the "... parallel also forms part of the boundary between
Missouri and
Arkansas, in the region west of the
White River and east of
Oklahoma ..."
However, according to the article on the
Arkansas Territory, this is the St. Francois River, not the White River. From that article: "The Arkansas Territory was created from the portion of the
Missouri Territory lying south of a point on the
Mississippi River at
36 degrees north latitude running west to the
St. Francois River, then followed the river to 36 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, then west to the territorial boundary."
Maybe I'm just confusing things, but can someone else take a look at these two passages and see if they make sense with each other?
Gabefarkas (
talk) 01:52, 14 September 2012 (UTC)reply
The
St. Francis River defines the western side of the
Missouri Bootheel from 36°00' to 36°30'. The border with Arkansas then runs west (approximately) along the 36°30' parallel to the border with Oklahoma. The
White River crosses the border from Arkansas into Missouri, and then back into Arkansas again, but seems to have no bearing on where the border lies. I will remove this from the article.
Bazonka (
talk) 16:19, 14 September 2012 (UTC)reply
Tennessee - Kentucky Border
" As they worked west their line drifted north until by the time they reached the river they were about 3° north of 36°30′" 3 degrees is incorrect. At the most northern part of the Tennessee border is 36° 40'. 3 degrees too far north would be close to Indianapolis. I think the author writing this meant 10 minutes instead of 3 degrees.
170.141.177.95 (
talk) 20:06, 1 April 2013 (UTC)reply
Good catch. I added that bit without stopping to think about how far 3 degrees would actually be. The book cited here is very well done—the best book about the history of US boundaries I know of—but that is obviously a mistake.
Pfly (
talk) 07:43, 2 April 2013 (UTC)reply
Bootheel measurement
The Missouri bootheel is described as "50 miles" south of 36 30', but google maps measurement shows about 35 miles. Also, on the main bootheel page, same problem.
Or is that 50 miles along the river as it bends? Is that what "30 miles inland" supposed to mean?
The main bootheel page still makes no sense: "Border dropped 50 miles south to 36 parallel".