But the Mason-Dixon Line, which has been regarded for 200 years as the boundary line between the North and South in the United States, turns that conventional sociological thinking upside down. That's ...

One side read, “This post used as base point in the survey of Mason Dixon Line 1763-1767.” The opposite side read, “Site of post mark’d WEST set up by Mason and Dixon, June 12, 1764.” ...

In the 18th Century, Mr Mason and fellow English astronomer Jeremiah Dixon, from County Durham, were commissioned to chart a boundary line intended to settle a long-running dispute between the ...

It is 250 years since America's Mason-Dixon Line was completed. Hailed as a groundbreaking technical achievement, it came to symbolise the border between the Civil War North and South, separating ...

Dixon was born in Cockfield, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, and residents held a fun day at the weekend to mark the 250th anniversary of the start of work on the Mason-Dixon Line.

The Mason-Dixon Line also included the 83-mile (133-kilometer) northern border between Pennsylvania (which is now Delaware) and eastern Maryland. The line starts in the southwest corner of ...

In the 18th Century, Mr Mason and fellow English astronomer Jeremiah Dixon, from County Durham, were commissioned to chart a boundary line intended to settle a long-running dispute between the ...