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Parallels and meridians
The parallel 41° north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah.

The 41st parallel was also one of the principal baselines used for surveying a portion of lands in Ohio. This marked the southern boundary of the Connecticut Western Reserve and the Firelands using the western boundary with Pennsylvania as the principal meridian. It also served as the baseline for a later survey of Ohio land north of the Greenville Treaty line up to the Fulton line which was the original boundary between Michigan and Ohio under the Northwest Ordinance (see the Toledo Strip). The later survey used the boundary with Indiana as the meridian.

The 42nd parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylvania Border, although due to imperfect surveying in 1785-1786, this boundary wanders around on both sides of the true parallel.

The Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 established the parallel 42° north as the border between the Viceroyality of New Spain of the Kingdom of Spain and the western territory of the United States of America from the meridian of the headwaters of the Arkansas River west to the Pacific Ocean. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 ceded northern Mexico to the United States. As a result, the U.S. states of Oregon and Idaho have the parallel 42° north as their southern border and the U.S. states of California, Nevada, and Utah have the parallel 42° north as their northern border.

The parallel 42° north passes through the southern end of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. Part of the water boundary between the United States and Canada passes south of the 42nd parallel, and the southern tip of the Canadian province of Ontario just barely goes south of it - this is located at Point Pelee and Pelee Island.

The 37th parallel north forms the southern boundary of the State of Kansas, the State of Colorado, and the State of Utah and the northern boundary of the State of Oklahoma, the State of New Mexico, and the State of Arizona. The intersection of the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah at the Four Corners is the only place in the United States where four states touch.

The parallel 37° north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.

-- In the United States, the 102nd meridian west of Greenwich passes through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The meridian 102° west of Greenwich formed the eastern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. The eastern border of the Colorado with Nebraska and Kansas lies on the 25th meridian west from Washington, which lies a couple miles west of the 102nd meridian west of Greenwich. 25th meridian west from Washington

The Adams-Onís Treaty settled the dispute by drawing clear borders, roughly granting Florida and Louisiana to the U.S. while giving to Spain everything west of Louisiana from Texas to California. The precise boundary was to be the Sabine River north from the Gulf of Mexico to the 32nd parallel north, then due north to the Red River, west along the Red River to the 100th meridian west, due north to the Arkansas, west to its headwaters, north to the 42nd parallel north, and finally west along the parallel to the Pacific Ocean.

States west of the Mississippi River:

Arizona

 * North - Utah
 * South - Mexico
 * East - New Mexico
 * West - California

Borders defined by:
 * Gadsden Purchase
 * Colorado River
 * Arizona Organic Act
 * Colorado Territory
 * New Mexico Territory
 * Arizona Territory
 * Utah Territory
 * Nevada Territory
 * United States–Mexico border


 * See also Four Corners (United States)

Arkansas

 * North - Missouri
 * South - Louisiana
 * East - Tennessee and Mississippi
 * West - Oklahoma and Texas

Borders defined by:
 * 33rd parallel north
 * Mississippi River

California

 * North - Washington
 * South - Mexico
 * East - Nevada
 * West - Pacific Ocean

Borders defined by:
 * Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
 * 42nd parallel north
 * Adams-Onís Treaty
 * Lake Tahoe to the Colorado River
 * Lake Tahoe north to Oregon
 * Nevada Territory
 * Utah Territory
 * United States–Mexico border
 * 35th parallel north intersection with Colorado River

Colorado

 * North - Wyoming
 * South - New Mexico and Oklahoma
 * East - Kansas
 * West - Utah
 * North-east - Nebraska
 * South-west - Arizona

Borders defined by:
 * 37th parallel north
 * 41st parallel north
 * 25th meridian west from Washington
 * 32nd meridian west from Washington
 * Oklahoma Panhandle
 * Utah Territory
 * Nebraska Panhandle


 * See also: Four Corners (United States)

Idaho

 * North - Canada
 * South - Nevada} and [[Utah
 * East - Montana and Wyoming
 * West - Washington and Oregon

Borders defined by:
 * Nevada Territory
 * Utah Territory
 * Canada–United States border
 * Idaho Panhandle

Iowa

 * North - Minnesota
 * South - Missouri
 * East - Wisconsin, Illinois
 * West- South Dakota and Nebraska

Borders defined by:

Kansas

 * North - Nebraska
 * South - Oklahoma
 * East - Missouri
 * West - Colorado

Borders defined by:
 * 25th meridian west from Washington

Louisiana

 * North - Arkansas
 * South - Gulf of Mexico
 * East - Texas
 * West - Mississipi

Borders defined by:
 * Adams-Onís Treaty
 * Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana)
 * 42nd parallel north
 * 33rd parallel north
 * Mississippi River

Minnesota

 * North - Canada
 * South - Iowa
 * East - Wisconsin
 * West - North Dakota and South Dakota

Borders defined by:
 * Canada–United States border

Missouri

 * North - Iowa
 * South - Arkansas
 * East - Illinois, Kentucky, Tenessee
 * West - Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma

Borders defined by:

Montana

 * North - Canada
 * South - Wyoming
 * East - Idaho
 * West - North Dakota and South Dakota

Borders defined by:
 * Canada–United States border
 * Idaho Panhandle

Nebraska

 * North - South Dakota
 * South - Kansas
 * East - Iowa and Missouri
 * West - Colorado

Borders defined by:
 * 25th meridian west from Washington
 * Missouri River
 * Nebraska Panhandle

Nevada

 * North - Oregon and Idaho
 * South - California
 * East - Utah and Arizona
 * West - California

Borders defined by:
 * Colorado River
 * 42nd parallel north
 * Nevada Territory
 * Utah Territory

New Mexico

 * North - Utah
 * South - Mexico
 * East - Texas
 * West - Arizona

Boundaries defined by:
 * Gadsden Purchase
 * Hidalgo County, New Mexico
 * Doña Ana County, New Mexico
 * Arizona Organic Act
 * Territory of New Mexico
 * Territory of Colorado
 * Territory of Arizona
 * 103rd meridian west
 * Utah Territory
 * United States–Mexico border
 * Texas Panhandle


 * See also: Four Corners (United States)

North Dakota

 * North - Canada
 * South - South Dakota
 * East - Minnesota
 * West - Montana

Borders defined by:
 * Canada–United States border

Oklahoma

 * North - Kansas
 * South - Texas
 * East - Arkansas and Louisiana
 * West - New Mexico

Borders defined by:
 * 103rd meridian west
 * Utah Territory
 * Texas Panhandle

Oregon

 * North - Washington
 * South - California
 * East - Idaho
 * West - Pacific Ocean

Borders defined by:
 * Oregon Territory
 * Washington Territory
 * 42nd parallel north
 * Adams-Onís Treaty
 * Nevada Territory
 * Utah Territory

South Dakota

 * North - North Dakota
 * South - Nebraska
 * East - Minnesota and Iowa
 * West - Montana and Wyoming

Borders defined by:
 * Nebraska Panhandle

Texas

 * North - Oklahoma
 * South - Mexico
 * East - Louisiana
 * West - New Mexico

Borders defined by:
 * 103rd meridian west
 * Adams-Onís Treaty
 * Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana)
 * 42nd parallel north
 * Rio Grande
 * United States–Mexico border
 * Republic of Texas
 * Texas Panhandle

Utah

 * North - Idaho and Wyoming
 * South - Arizona
 * East - Nevada
 * West - Colorado

Borders defined by:
 * 32nd meridian west from Washington
 * 37th parallel north
 * 42nd parallel north
 * 41st parallel north


 * Nevada Territory
 * Utah Territory


 * See also: Four Corners (United States)

Washington

 * North - Canada
 * South - Oregon
 * East - Idaho
 * West - Pacific Ocean

Borders defined by:
 * Oregon Territory
 * Washington Territory
 * Utah Territory
 * Canada–United States border
 * Idaho Panhandle

Wyoming

 * North - Montana
 * South - Colorado and Utah
 * East - Idaho
 * West - South Dakota and Nebraska

Borders defined by:
 * 41st parallel north
 * Utah Territory
 * Nebraska Panhandle