The Wedge (border)
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The Wedge is the portion of the border between Delaware and Pennsylvania, between The Twelve-Mile Circle and the intersection of the north-south and east-west portions of the Mason-Dixon line.
When Mason & Dixon surveyed the western boundary of Delaware, the line they ran northward from the midpoint of the Transpeninsular line, this line though did not quite meet the Twelve-Mile Circle, which forms the majority of the border between Delaware and Pennsylvania, it ended up a little to the west. Ownership of this land was in dispute until 1921, when it was granted to Delaware.
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