Mason–Dixon Line

Summary

Mason–Dixon Line is a border^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of border entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,030 views/month, #1 of 254).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mason–Dixon Line is the creator of Charles Mason^[3].
• Mason–Dixon Line is the creator of Jeremiah Dixon^[4].
• Mason–Dixon Line is in the country of United States^[5].
• Mason–Dixon Line's image is recorded as Mason-dixon-line.gif^[6].
• Mason–Dixon Line's instance of is recorded as border^[7].
• Mason–Dixon Line's instance of is recorded as political border^[8].
• Mason–Dixon Line's instance of is recorded as locale^[9].
• Charles Mason is named after Mason–Dixon Line^[10].
• Jeremiah Dixon is named after Mason–Dixon Line^[11].
• Mason–Dixon Line's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315127231^[12].
• Mason–Dixon Line's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85081831^[13].
• Mason–Dixon Line's Commons category is recorded as Mason–Dixon Line^[14].
• Mason–Dixon Line's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6927118^[15].
• Mason–Dixon Line's has part is recorded as Maryland–Pennsylvania border^[16].
• Mason–Dixon Line's has part is recorded as Delaware–Maryland border^[17].
• Mason–Dixon Line's has part is recorded as Pennsylvania–West Virginia border^[18].
• Mason–Dixon Line's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 592380^[19].
• Mason–Dixon Line's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.716666666667, 'lon': -75.783333333333}^[20].
• Mason–Dixon Line's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l4fw^[21].
• Mason–Dixon Line's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1264327^[22].
• Mason–Dixon Line's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mason–Dixon line^[23].
• Mason–Dixon Line's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000712145^[24].
• Mason–Dixon Line's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as F157.B7^[25].
• Mason–Dixon Line's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 650173^[26].
• Mason–Dixon Line's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Geography

Mason–Dixon Line is in the country of United States^[5].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include border^[7], political border^[8], and locale^[9]. Mason–Dixon Line's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[28].

History and Context

Things named after include Charles Mason^[10], an astronomer^[29], 1728–1786^[30], of Kingdom of Great Britain^[31] and Jeremiah Dixon^[11], an astronomer^[32], 1733–1779^[33], of Kingdom of Great Britain^[34], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[35].

Why It Matters

Mason–Dixon Line ranks in the top 0.39% of border entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,030 views/month, #1 of 254).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]