| BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN EASTERN AND CENTRAL ZONES. | |
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 Effective September 27, 1936 - July 23, 1961 218 I.C.C. 221 - Decided August 14, 1936 - Effective September 27, 1936 Michigan. -- Beginning on the boundary line between the United States and Canada at the point south of Drummond Island where the said boundary line turns in a northeasterly direction through False Detour Channel; thence westerly up Lake Huron through the middle of South Channel and the Straits of Mackinac to and along the north shore of the northernmost island in Charlevoix County; thence southwesterly to and along the west shore of Gull Island; thence by direct line to the western boundary of the State of Michigan at a point in the middle of Lake Michigan opposite the main channel of Green Bay; thence southerly along the western boundary of the State of Michigan to its juncture with the southern boundary thereof; thence easterly and southerly along said southern boundary to the northeast corner of the State of Indiana. Indiana-Ohio. -- From the northeast corner of the State of Indiana southerly along the eastern boundary of Indiana and the western boundary of the State of Ohio to the Ohio River; thence easterly along the thread of the Ohio River to the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Ky.; thence southerly and southeasterly immediately south of and parallel with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway to Catlettsburg, Ky., and the intersection with the boundary line between Kentucky and West Virginia. The boundary remained at the Michigan and Ohio state lines until 1961. Changes were made in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia as noted below. | |
| < 1922-1927 | 1961-1969 > |
| 1941 - Entire State of Georgia moved to Eastern Time. 246 I.C.C. 721 [6 FR 5345-5347] - Decided October 15, 1941 - Effective November 23, 1941 Georgia. -- From the last-mentioned point west along said State boundary line to the west boundary of Georgia; thence southerly along said State boundary line to the southwest corner of the State. Florida. -- From the last-mentioned point southerly along the main channel of the Apalachicola River to Apalachicola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. 1947 - Virginia, North Carolina, parts of Kentucky and parts of Tennessee moved to Eastern Time. 269 I.C.C. 57 [12 FR 5891-5892] - Decided August 25, 1947 - Effective September 28, 1947 Kentucky. -- From Catlettsburg south immediately west of and parallel with the Big Sandy division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway to the northern boundary of Lawrence County, Ky.; thence westerly and southerly along the west lines of Lawrence, Johnson, and Floyd Counties and the south line of Pike County to the boundary line between Kentucky and Virginia; thence southwesterly along that State boundary line to the east line of Harlan County, Ky.; thence northwesterly and southwesterly along the east and north lines of Harlan County and westerly along the north line of Bell, Knox, Whitley and McCreary Counties, Ky., to the line of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway (Southern Railway system); thence southerly just east of and parallel with that road to the boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee. Tennessee. -- Thence southerly just east of and parallel with the line of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway to the north line of Rhea County, Tenn.; thence southeasterly and southwesterly along the north and east lines of Rhea County and east line of Hamilton County, Tenn., to the boundary between Tennessee and Georgia. 1949 - Hamilton County TN moved to Eastern Time. 274 I.C.C. 695 - Decided August 5, 1949 - Effective August 14, 1949 Tennessee. -- Thence southerly just east of and parallel with the line of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway to the north line of Rhea County, Tenn., thence southeasterly and southwesterly along the north and west lines of Hamilton County to the boundary along the north and west lines of Hamilton County to the boundary between Tennessee and Georgia. 1949 - Rhea County TN moved to Eastern Time. 276 I.C.C. 128 - Decided August 17, 1949 - Effective August 28, 1949 Tennessee. -- Thence southerly just east of and parallel with the line of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway to the north line of Rhea County, Tenn., thence northwesterly along the north line of Rhea County; thence southwesterly along the west lines of Rhea and Hamilton Counties to the boundary between Tennessee and Georgia.  Effective April 3, 1960 - July 23, 1961 309 I.C.C. 780 - Decided February 29, 1960 - Effective April 3, 1960 Indiana-Ohio. -- From the northeast corner of the State of Indiana southerly along the eastern boundary of Indiana and the western boundary of the State of Ohio to the Ohio River. Kentucky. -- From the southwest corner of the State of Ohio westerly and southerly along the thread of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Kentucky River; thence southerly along the thread of the Kentucky River to the north line of Franklin County; thence westerly along the north line of Franklin County to the northwest corner of that county; and thence in a generally southerly direction along the west or south lines of Franklin, Anderson, Mercer, Boyle, Lincoln, Pulaski, and McCreary Counties to the boundary between the States of Kentucky and Tennessee. Tennessee. -- From the southwest corner of McCreary County, Ky., westerly along the northern boundary of the State of Tennessee to the west line of Scott County, Tenn.; thence in a generally southerly direction along the west line of Scott County, the north and west lines of Morgan County, and the north line of Roane County to the north line of Rhea County; thence northwesterly along the north line of Rhea County; and thence southwesterly along the west lines of Rhea and Hamilton Counties to the boundary between the States of Tennessee and Georgia. | |
| < 1922-1927 | 1961-2000 > |