Original Federal Boundary Stone, District of Columbia, Southeast 9

Historical marker location:

Bellevue, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Kenilworth Avenue Freeway.)

Marker installed: 1792

The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.