# Point of beginning

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Main article: [Public Land Survey System](/source/Public_Land_Survey_System)

The **point of beginning** is a [surveyor](/source/Surveyor_(surveying))'s mark at the beginning location for the wide-scale surveying of land.

An example is the [Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey](/source/Beginning_Point_of_the_U.S._Public_Land_Survey) that led to the opening of the [Northwest Territory](/source/Northwest_Territory), and is the starting point of the surveys of almost all other lands to the west, reaching all the way to the [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean).[1] On September 30, 1785, [Thomas Hutchins](/source/Thomas_Hutchins), first and only Geographer of the United States,[2] began surveying the [Seven Ranges](/source/Seven_Ranges) at the point of beginning.[3]

## Points of beginning

- [Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey](/source/Beginning_Point_of_the_U.S._Public_Land_Survey) – [East Liverpool, Ohio](/source/East_Liverpool,_Ohio)

## See also

- [Initial point](/source/Initial_point)

## References

1. ["Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071023013601/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=441&ResourceType=Site). *National Historic Landmark summary listing*. National Park Service. Archived from [the original](http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=441&ResourceType=Site) on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2007-11-08.

1. [Fort Steuben History](http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=70281)

1. Witcher, T. R. (July–August 2018). ["Setting the Boundaries: The Point of Beginning Survey"](https://www.asce.org/uploadedFiles/CE_Magazine/Home_Page/Content_Pieces/2018-7-8-history-lesson--setting-the-boundaries.pdf). *Civil Engineering*. Reston, Va.: American Society of Civil Engineers. Retrieved August 4, 2018.

## External links

- [Point of Beginning in Wisconsin](http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/GeologyWisconsin/geostops/Point%20of%20Beginning.HTM)

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