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Location	On Louisiana-Texas state line, at intersection of FM 31 and LA 765
Nearest city	Deadwood, Texas, Logansport, Louisiana
Coordinates	32°2′3″N 94°2′35″W / 32.03417°N 94.04306°W / 32.03417; -94.04306
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1840 (1840)
NRHP reference No.	77001463
TSAL No.	8200002369
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1977
Designated TSAL	May 15, 2003

The International Boundary Marker, also known as the Republic of Texas Granite Marker, is a boundary marker located on the Louisiana-Texas border near the junction of Texas FM 31 and Louisiana Highway 765, southeast of Deadwood, Texas. The marker was created in 1840 and placed in 1841 to mark the international border between the United States and the Republic of Texas. The survey which established this border lasted from May 1840 to June 1841; the survey team faced hazardous, swampy conditions in their work and were forced to take several extended breaks due to weather and a lack of funding. The boundary marker is the only marker remaining from the Texas border survey and is one of only two known international boundary markers located entirely within the United States (the other being Ellicott's Stone near Mobile, Alabama).

The property of the 3 acres (1.2 ha) area is shared between DeSoto Parish, Louisiana (1 acre) and Panola County, Texas (2 acres), with the marker itself being a direct property of U.S. Government

The marker was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1977. In 1980, the marker was designated as a State Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the Texas and Louisiana Sections of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

See also

• Dual State Monument: monument on the Arkansas-Louisiana border
• Texhomex: monument on the New Mexico-Oklahoma-Texas tripoint
• National Register of Historic Places listings in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Panola County, Texas

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "International Boundary Marker" (PDF). Louisiana Office of Cultural Development, Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: International Boundary Marker" (PDF). Texas Historic Site Atlas. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
4. "International Boundary Marker Historical Marker". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: International Boundary Marker

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v t e Municipalities and communities of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: Mansfield
City	Mansfield
Towns	Keachi Logansport Stonewall
Villages	Grand Cane Longstreet South Mansfield Stanley
CDPs	Frierson Gloster
Other unincorporated communities	Benson Kingston Pelican Wemple
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v t e Municipalities and communities of Panola County, Texas, United States
County seat: Carthage
Cities	Beckville Carthage Tatum‡
Town	Gary City
Unincorporated communities	Bethany‡ Centennial Clayton Corinth Deadwood DeBerry Fair Play Galloway Grand Bluff Long Branch Midyett Murvaul Old Center Panola Riderville
Ghost town	Center Point Freeman Mineral Springs Pulaski
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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