The 200-year border fight between Pennsylvania and Delaware

For over 200 years, both Pennsylvina and Delaware claimed the same small piece of land known as the Delaware Wedge. Maps all showed it to be in Pennsylvina but residents living there voted and paid taxes in Delaware.
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The Wedge (or Delaware Wedge) is a 1.068-square-mile (684-acre; 2.77 km2)[1] tract of land along the borders of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Ownership of the land was disputed until 1921; it is now recognized as part of Delaware.[2] The tract was created primarily by the shortcomings of contemporary surveying techniques when the boundaries were defined in the 18th century. It is bounded on the north by an eastern extension of the east-west portion of the Mason-Dixon line, on the west by the north-south portion of the Mason-Dixon line, and on the southeast by the Twelve-Mile Circle around New Castle, Delaware. The crossroads community of Mechanicsville, Delaware lies within the area today. en.wikipedia.o...)
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