NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee’s border is being threatened by Georgia, as lawmakers there said a flawed survey marked the states’ borders incorrectly.
Lawmakers in Georgia said a survey that was done in the early 1800s marked its border wrong.Georgia lawmakers said the border is supposed to be the 35th parallel, but an 1818 survey put it just about a mile south of there, and they said they want a new survey.
“I think 190 years of uncertainty needs to come to an end. I'm not seeking to move the border, I simply want to have the border accurately surveyed and correctly marked,” said Georgia state Rep. David Shafer.It's no secret that Georgia has had some water woes, and if the border is moved, it will annex a portion of the Tennessee River.“The Tennessee River clearly flows south of the 35th parallel and through Georgia,” Shafer said.But Tennessee state Rep. Andy Berk said not so fast.“My first thought was maybe we can settle this over a game of college football, but that would be unfair to the citizens of Georgia,” he said.
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