Hermon, You are right about the distance. From 1754 to 1820 when that area of Hampshire Co. became Morgan Co., that area of Hampshire Co., Va, was 1.8 miles ("as the crow flies") from the Pa. border, including the width of the Potomac Riv. The 1.8 miles is today's measurement, but I doubt that the river has changed it all that much since the period of 1754-1820 when it was part of Hampshire Co. Elaine HERMON B FAGLEY wrote: > I read someplace that Md was about 1 1\2 miles wide near Hancock,Md. > If so,and adding yards for the Potomac River, the Pa line Mason-Dixon > surveyed in the > 1760's is within 2 miles of Hampshire Co,WV. If it's a bit > further,it's not much. > And the easy roads ran north-south up the mountian valleys,not east-west > across the mountians.