{"nrhp_refnum":"76001527","name":"Seven Ranges Terminus","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"W of Magnolia at jct. of Stark, Tuscarawas, and Carroll counties","address_restricted":false,"city":"Magnolia","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.651932309000074,"lon":-81.31800774899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small granite survey marker, about 12 inches high and 6 inches across, on a farm near Magnolia, Stark County, Ohio, at the junction of Stark, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties. It marks the end of the seventh range of townships surveyed in 1786.","why_significant":"The marker shows where the first phase of the U.S. Public Land Survey ended under Thomas Hutchins, Geographer of the United States. The survey showed that the rectangular system, set out in the Land Ordinance of 1785, was accurate and workable. That system was then used to survey public lands across much of the country.","narrative":"A small granite marker, roughly 12 inches high and 6 inches across, sits on a rolling, uncultivated hillside near Magnolia in Stark County, Ohio. Its top bears an incised surveyor's cross, and it lies exactly 42 miles due west of the starting point of the public land survey. The stone marks the end of the seventh range of townships and the meeting point of Stark, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties. It records the close of the first phase of the U.S. Public Land Survey, led by Thomas Hutchins, the nation's first Geographer. Hutchins developed the rectangular survey method, which the Land Ordinance of 1785 required for dividing western lands into townships six miles square. His work along the base line known as the Geographer's Line ended here in 1786. The survey proved the method accurate and practical, and it was later used to lay out millions of acres in many states.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799 (specific date 1786)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Not applicable","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good, original site; located on an uncultivated rolling hillside; status marked unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.175553-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001527.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001527/164ebfb363-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001527/164ebfb363-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_Ranges_Terminus,_comprehensive.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_Ranges_Terminus,_comprehensive.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991460","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Ranges_Terminus","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1625618"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/seven-ranges-terminus-76001527/"}