List of tripoints of U.S. states explained

This is a list of all tripoints in which the boundaries of three (and only three) U.S. states converge at a single geographic point. Of the 60 such points, 36 are on dry land and 24 are in water.[1] Of the points in water, 3 are in the Great Lakes and thus have no land nearby. A tripoint occurring in a populated area may also be informally described as a tri-state area.

Land

State 1State 2State 3CoordinatesNotes
AlabamaFloridaGeorgia31.0006°N -85.0022°WMarker on Chattahoochee riverbank is actually a few feet above and west of true tripoint at high-water line.[2]
AlabamaGeorgiaTennessee34.9847°N -85.6053°WTri-State Corner. Marker on dry land at surface level and unmarked on lake in cavern directly below. Stolen in 2009 and returned two years later.[3] [4] [5]
ArizonaNevadaUtah37.0003°N -114.0506°WMarked with a red sandstone monument.[6]
ArkansasLouisianaMississippi33.0042°N -91.1661°WProbably unmarked on silt island in river sometimes connected to west bank by mud flat accreted by riprap.
ArkansasLouisianaTexas33.0192°N -94.0431°WSee Ark-La-Tex. Marker in process of being surrounded and absorbed by tree.
ArkansasMissouriOklahoma36.4994°N -94.6181°WMarked with a stone monument.[7]
ArkansasOklahomaTexas33.6378°N -94.4858°WUnmarked on seasonal silt island or in river bed, but Oklahoma–Texas state line as revised in 2000 is defective in not extending from vegetation line on south bank to pre-established tripoint.
CaliforniaNevadaOregon41.9944°N -119.9992°WMarked with a cairn.[8]
ColoradoKansasNebraska40.0031°N -102.0517°WMarked with a brass disc.[9]
ColoradoKansasOklahoma36.9931°N -102.0422°W8 Mile Corner. Marker is concealed in crypt beneath removable manhole cover.
ColoradoNebraskaWyoming41.0014°N -104.0533°WMarked with a stone surrounded by a three-stone colored base.[10]
ColoradoNew MexicoOklahoma37°N -103.0022°WPreston Monument
ColoradoUtahWyoming41.0006°N -109.05°WMarked.[11]
ConnecticutMassachusettsNew York42.0497°N -73.4872°WSee Brace Mountain or Mount Frissell. Marked with a stone inscribed with MASS-1898-NY and sometimes a "scratched-on" CONN.[12]
ConnecticutMassachusettsRhode Island42.0081°N -71.7992°WSee Thompson, Connecticut. Marked with a stone inscribed with MASS-CONN-RI.[13]
DelawareMarylandPennsylvania39.7222°N -75.7886°WSee Delaware Wedge. Marked with a stone inscribed with M-M-P-P, as this was not the original intended tri-point.[14]
GeorgiaNorth CarolinaTennessee34.9883°N -84.3219°WMarked.[15]
IdahoMontanaWyoming44.4742°N -111.0489°WLocated within Yellowstone National Park. Marked, although difficult to access.[16]
IdahoNevadaOregon42.0003°N -117.0261°WMarked with a three-sided stone inscribed with N-I-O on the respective faces.[17]
IdahoNevadaUtah41.9936°N -114.0417°WMarked with a granite monument inscribed with the respective states' names.[18]
IdahoUtahWyoming42.0017°N -111.0467°WMarked with a stone.[19]
IndianaMichiganOhio41.6961°N -84.8061°WBrass marker with the shapes of the three states is located in a monument box beneath the surface of a rural road. Was set in 1999[20] and is referenced by a granite marker 20 feet to the east on the Michigan-Ohio line.[21]
IowaMinnesotaSouth Dakota43.5003°N -96.4533°WTrue point is marked with a disc in the center of a T-shaped road intersection.[22] A witness monument nearby in the South Dakota corner acknowledges the tri-point being set in 1859.
KansasMissouriOklahoma36.9989°N -94.6181°WMarked with a plaque on a seldom used dead-end road.[23]
KentuckyTennesseeVirginia36.6008°N -83.6756°WTri-State Peak[24] Located within Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Marked.
KentuckyVirginiaWest Virginia37.5381°N -81.9681°WMarked with a USCG marker on top of a two-foot high iron pipe at the river's high point.[25]
MarylandPennsylvaniaWest Virginia39.7211°N -79.4767°WMarked with a pyramid-like stone.[26]
MassachusettsNew HampshireVermont42.7269°N -72.4583°WMarker is technically on dry land, but buried within river bed due to a dam's construction downstream.[27]
MassachusettsNew YorkVermont42.7458°N -73.265°WMarked with a stone.[28]
MinnesotaNorth DakotaSouth Dakota45.9353°N -96.5636°WNear the Bois de Sioux River[29]
MontanaNorth DakotaSouth Dakota45.9453°N -104.0456°WMarked with a red granite stone.[30]
MontanaSouth DakotaWyoming44.9975°N -104.0578°WMarked with a stone within a fence.[31]
NebraskaSouth DakotaWyoming43.0006°N -104.0531°WMarked with a stone within a fence.[32]
New JerseyNew YorkPennsylvania41.3575°N -74.695°WMarked by the Tri-States Monument in Port Jervis, New York, at the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink rivers.[33] [34]
New MexicoOklahomaTexas36.5003°N -103.0025°WTexhomex Marker
North CarolinaTennesseeVirginia36.5881°N -81.6775°WNorth Carolina–Tennessee–Virginia Corners - Marked.[35]

Water

State 1State 2State 3CoordinatesWaterNotes
AlabamaMississippiTennessee34.9956°N -88.2°WTennessee River
ArizonaCaliforniaNevada35.0019°N -114.6336°WColorado River
ArkansasMississippiTennessee34.9956°N -90.3092°WMississippi RiverMemphis, Tennessee metro area.
ArkansasMissouriTennessee36.0006°N -89.7331°WMississippi River
ConnecticutNew YorkRhode Island41.3044°N -71.9072°WLong Island SoundThe part of New York that is in this tri-state area is Fishers Island. It is the New London, Connecticut metro area.
DelawareNew JerseyPennsylvania39.8019°N -75.415°WDelaware RiverPhiladelphia metro area, at the east end of the Twelve-Mile Circle.
GeorgiaNorth CarolinaSouth Carolina35.0006°N -83.1086°WChatooga RiverLocated in river very near marker on dry land.[36]
IdahoOregonWashington45.9953°N -116.9161°WSnake River
IllinoisIndianaKentucky37.7992°N -88.0281°WWabash River and Ohio RiverEvansville, Indiana metro area. See Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area.
IllinoisIndianaMichigan41.7608°N -87.2078°WLake MichiganKnown as either the Indiana Dunes or the Michigan Dunes Area
IllinoisIowaWisconsin42.5083°N -90.6408°WMississippi RiverDubuque, Iowa metro area.
IllinoisKentuckyMissouri36.9808°N -89.1342°WMississippi River and Ohio RiverLittle Egypt region popularly labeled as a tri-state area with St. Louis, Missouri, Carbondale, Illinois metro area and Paducah, Kentucky being its nuclei.
IllinoisMichiganWisconsin42.4936°N -87.02°WLake Michigan
IndianaKentuckyOhio39.1056°N -84.8203°WOhio RiverCincinnati metro area. The tripoint is near, but not precisely at, the confluence with the Great Miami River.
IowaIllinoisMissouri40.3783°N -91.4194°WMississippi River and Des Moines RiverBorder with Lee County, Iowa
IowaMinnesotaWisconsin43.5006°N -91.2178°WMississippi RiverLa Crosse, Wisconsin metro area. Was apparently marked at one time with a sign that had been anchored in the location, but that sign has since been moved as of 2001.[37]
IowaMissouriNebraska40.5853°N -95.7656°WMissouri River
IowaNebraskaSouth Dakota42.4906°N -96.4456°WBig Sioux River and Missouri RiverSioux City, Iowa metro area.
KansasMissouriNebraska40°N -95.3083°WMissouri River
KentuckyMissouriTennessee36.4983°N -89.5394°W
36.4978°N -89.485°W
36.4992°N -89.4183°W
Mississippi RiverThree separate tripoints, due to meanders of the river (though probably only a single tri-state area surrounding them all). See also Kentucky Bend.
KentuckyOhioWest Virginia38.4217°N -82.5958°WBig Sandy River and Ohio RiverHuntington (W.V.)-Ashland (Ky.)-Ironton (Oh.) Tri-State region.
MarylandVirginiaWest Virginia39.3214°N -77.7189°WPotomac RiverUnmarked, at high water mark, because the Maryland West Virginia state line is at the high water mark even tho the Maryland Virginia state line runs generally along the low water line, so perhaps misclassified here because it is rarely actually under water.[38]
MichiganMinnesotaWisconsin47.2911°N -89.9572°WLake Superior
OhioPennsylvaniaWest Virginia40.6389°N -80.5189°WOhio RiverTechnically the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey, although the actual monument is 1,112 feet north of the tripoint due to the tripoint's current location under water; Pittsburgh Tri-State.

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tri State Corners in the United States. Jack Parsell.
  2. Web site: Alabama–Florida–Georgia Tristate . Bjbsoftware.com.
  3. Web site: Alabama–Georgia–Tennessee Tristate . Bjbsoftware.com.
  4. Web site: Wheatley. Thomas. Camak Stone, border marker between Tennessee and Georgia, is missing. Creativeloafing.com. May 7, 2017.
  5. News: Vardeman. Johnny. Stolen stone returns home minus fanfare. May 7, 2017. Gainesville Times.
  6. Web site: Arizona–Nevada–Utah. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  7. Web site: Arkansas–Missouri–Oklahoma. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  8. Web site: Oregon–California–Nevada. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  9. Web site: Colorado–Nebraska–Kansas. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  10. Web site: Colorado–Nebraska–Wyoming. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  11. Web site: Colorado–Utah–Wyoming. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  12. Web site: Connecticut–Massachusetts–New York. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  13. Web site: Connecticut–Massachusetts–Rhode Island. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  14. Web site: Delaware–Maryland–Pennsylvania. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20020319080124/http://www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/pointdetail.php3?point=24 . March 19, 2002 .
  15. Web site: Georgia–North Carolina–Tennessee. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  16. Web site: Idaho–Montana–Wyoming. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  17. Web site: Idaho–Nevada–Oregon. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  18. Web site: Idaho–Nevada–Utah. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  19. Web site: Idaho–Utah–Wyoming. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  20. Web site: Jack Parsell's description of the IN-MI-OH tripoint. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  21. Web site: Geocaching – The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site. Geocaching.com. August 27, 2018.
  22. Web site: Photo by Gregg A. Butler of the IA-MN-SD tripoint and its witness post. JPG. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  23. Web site: Kansas–Missouri–Oklahoma. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  24. Web site: KY-TN-VA Tri-State Peak at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Nps.gov. April 1, 2018.
  25. Web site: Kentucky–Virginia–West Virginia. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  26. Web site: Maryland–Pennsylvania–West Virginia. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  27. https://books.google.com/books?id=Td6CNJ_Z1ZMC&dq=%22mud+turtle%22+hampshire+vermont+massachusetts&pg=PA114 Eric Jones. New Hampshire Curiosities. Globe Pequot, 2006. p. 114-5
  28. Web site: Massachusetts–New York–Vermont. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  29. Web site: Minnesota–North Dakota–South Dakota Tristate . Bjbsoftware.com.
  30. Web site: Montana–North Dakota–South Dakota . Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  31. Web site: Montana–South Dakota–Wyoming . Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  32. Web site: Nebraska–South Dakota–Wyoming. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  33. Web site: New York–Pennsylvania–New Jersey Tristate . Bjbsoftware.com. January 14, 2019.
  34. Sentinels at the Northern Border . Bill . Graff . Unearthing New Jersey . 2 . 2 . 1–3 . Summer 2006 . New Jersey Geological Survey. Tri-States Monument ... this small granite slab serves as both the northern end of our boundary with Pennsylvania and the northwestern end with New York..
  35. Web site: North Carolina–Tennessee–Virginia . Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  36. Web site: Georgia–North Carolina–South Carolina Tristate . Bjbsoftware.com.
  37. Web site: Iowa–Minnesota–Wisconsin. Bjbsoftware.com. August 27, 2018.
  38. Web site: Maryland–Virginia–West Virginia Tristate . Bjbsoftware.com.