The boundaries of the city, as present constituted, are as follows:
Beginning at a concrete monument stamped Sunset Heights 1957 and set level with the
ground at the southeast corner of the intersection of New York Avenue and Grove Street
at the edge of the property line, said monument being located about one (1) mile west
of the business district of Harrisonburg in a new development area known as Sunset
Heights. This concrete monument is a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Triangulation Station
known as Sunset Heights and sets on an underground station mark, unstamped, with a
City of Harrisonburg bronze disk set in a square concrete post three (3) feet below
the surface. The following bearings differ from the original bearings of the existing
city boundaries and are based on the Virginia State Coordinate System, North Zone.
The boundary connection being made at the aforesaid monument with the following coordinates:
X 1,889,391.52 and Y 284,644.83 feet. Thence N. 7 degrees 25 minutes 59 seconds E.
349.63 feet to a concrete monument; thence N. 7 degrees 22 minutes 55 seconds E. 768.03
feet to a concrete monument west of an abandoned quarry; thence N. 9 degrees 19 minutes
40 seconds E. 500.11 feet crossing U.S. Route 33 to a concrete monument in the north line of Route 33; thence N. 13 degrees 05 minutes 42 seconds E. 1312.77 feet to a concrete monument
east of Frazier Quarry; thence N. 35 degrees 25 minutes 05 seconds E. 1630.85 feet
to a concrete monument; thence crossing Mt. Clinton Pike, State Route 763, N. 46 degrees
22 minutes 26 seconds E. 1944.44 feet to a concrete monument set in the east line
of Mt. Clinton Pike, State Route 763 and in the western boundary of Holiday Hills
Subdivision; thence with the western boundary of Holiday Hills and the east edge of
said Mt. Clinton Pike N. 19 degrees 37 minutes 24 seconds W. 847.29 feet to a concrete
monument, the northwest corner of said subdivision; thence leaving Mt. Clinton Pike,
State Route 763, and running with the northern property line of the said subdivision
N. 68 degrees 15 minutes 55 seconds E. 565.88 feet to an iron pipe, a corner of said
subdivision; thence continuing with the property line of the said subdivision N. 20
degrees 23 minutes 39 seconds W. 573.64 feet to an iron pipe, a corner of said subdivision;
thence along the property line of the said subdivision S. 88 degrees 00 minutes 35
seconds E. 1564.25 feet crossing State Route 42 to a concrete monument set in the
east line of Route 42; thence from this monument the city limits follow the east line
of said Route 42, the chord of a curve S. 10 degrees 47 minutes 15 seconds E. 172.83
feet; thence with another chord of said curve S. 8 degrees 41 minutes 50 seconds E.
40.01 feet to a V.D.H. monument the point of curvature of said curve; thence S. 5
degrees 40 minutes 59 seconds E. 391.11 feet to a V.D.H. monument, the point of tangency;
thence the chord of said curve S. 10 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds E. 266.06 feet
to a V.D.H. monument the point of curvature of said curve; thence S. 14 degrees 04
minutes 50 seconds E. 794.86 feet to a concrete monument set in the north side of
State Route 832, Edom Road, near its intersection with Route 42; thence leaving Route
42 and from this point the city limits follows the north line of Route 832, Edom Road,
S. 36 degrees 56 minutes 06 seconds E. 526.34 feet to a concrete monument near a fence
corner; thence S. 46 degrees 55 minutes 22 seconds E. 162.49 feet to a concrete monument;
thence S. 57 degrees 22 minutes 52 seconds E. 393.90 feet to a concrete monument in
the northwest intersection of Edom Road and Kratzer Road, Route 753; thence from this
point the city limits follow the west lines of Kratzer Road, Route 753, N. 19 degrees
22 minutes 34 seconds E. 307.62 feet crossing the Southern Railroad to a concrete
monument set in the north side thereof; thence N. 26 degrees 55 minutes 17 seconds
E. 2439.04 feet to a concrete monument set near a fence corner; thence N. 24 degrees
50 minutes 25 seconds E. 266.85 feet to a concrete monument; thence N. 22 degrees
17 minutes 55 seconds E. 285.35 feet to a concrete monument; thence N. 21 degrees
17 minutes 36 seconds E. 409.59 feet to a concrete monument; thence crossing Kratzer
Road, Route 753 and following a line fence S. 65 degrees 19 minutes 21 seconds E.
2201.32 feet to a concrete monument set near a fence corner; thence along another
line fence S. 18 degrees 53 minutes 49 seconds W. 206.26 feet to a concrete monument
set about 30 feet north of another line fence; thence crossing a field about 30 feet
north of and parallel with a line fence S. 53 degrees 07 minutes 12 seconds E. 1768.19
feet crossing a lane to a concrete monument set 4 feet east of the said lane; thence
with a line about 4 feet east of and parallel with the said lane S. 28 degrees 02
minutes 05 seconds W. 307.52 feet to a concrete monument set near the intersection
of Route 11 and the said lane; thence crossing U.S. Highway 11 at approximately 44-½ feet, S. 34 degrees 02 minutes 10 seconds E. 1546.72 feet to a concrete monument;
thence S. 10 degrees 26 minutes 20 seconds W. 3073.73 feet to a concrete monument
approximately 36 feet south of Old Furnace Road, State Route 718; thence S. 56 degrees
34 minutes 24 seconds E. 2678.69 feet to a concrete monument set in the northwestern
boundary of the Interstate Route 81, which monument is 93.00 feet northwest of Highway
Station 617+03.87 of the center line of the South Bound Lane of the said Route 81;
thence from this concrete monument the city limits follow the western boundary of
the Interstate Route 81 and the right-of-way boundaries of all connecting highways
and roads, S. 37 degrees 30 minutes 50 seconds W. 903.20 feet to a concrete monument,
established by the Virginia Department of Highways. (All points along the west boundary
of Interstate Route 81, were located by the Virginia Department of Highways.) Thence
S. 43 degrees 35 minutes 50 seconds W. 251.76 feet to a concrete monument; thence
S. 31 degrees 23 minutes 14 seconds W. 251.25 feet to a concrete monument; thence
S. 37 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds W. 1635.07 feet to a concrete monument; thence
S. 39 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds W. 279.61 feet to a concrete monument; thence
crossing the Chesapeake & Western Railway and Route 33, S. 47 degrees 42 minutes 20 seconds W. 83.42 feet to a concrete monument; thence
crossing Interstate Route 81 and along the line of said Railway and along the southwestern
line of Country Club Road S. 51 degrees 27 minutes 45 seconds E. 278.66 feet to a
concrete highway monument in the southwestern line of Country Club Road (Old Route 33); thence, along the line of said road and along the line of Neff's land and along
the line of Kawneer Company, Inc. land S. 51 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds E. 733.16
feet to a wooden fence post, a Kawneer Corner; thence along said Kawneer line and
along the line of Country Club Road S.65 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds E. 81.28 feet
to a metal fence post, a Kawneer Corner; thence, along said Kawneer line and along
the line of Country Club Road S. 53 degrees 19 minutes 00 seconds E. 586.72 feet to
an iron pin at the intersection of the southwestern line of Country Club Road and
the northwestern line of a proposed 50 foot State Industrial Access road; thence leaving
Country Club Road and along the line of said Industrial Access Road S. 25 degrees
05 minutes 00 seconds W. 110.28 feet to an iron pin, the P. C. of a curve to the right;
thence by a chord from the P. C. to the P. T. of said curve S. 38 degrees 40 minutes
00 seconds W. 241.24 feet to an iron pin; thence continuing along the line of said
road S. 52 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds W. 604.02 feet to an iron pin in the line
of said road and in the northeastern line of the Citgo land; thence along the line
of the Citgo land N. 35 degrees 34 minutes 37 seconds W. 1313.74 feet to an iron pin
in the eastern line of Interstate Route 81; thence crossing Interstate Route 81 N.
47 degrees 50 minutes 40 seconds W. 463.73 feet to a concrete highway monument; thence
N. 68 degrees 40 minutes 35 seconds W. 491.22 feet to a concrete monument; thence
N. 58 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds W. 432.57 feet to a concrete monument; thence
N. 24 degrees 46 minutes 51 seconds W. 291.18 feet to a concrete monument; thence
paralleling the Chesapeake & Western Railway S. 70 degrees 15 minutes 55 seconds W.
234.91 feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 26 degrees 10 minutes 04 seconds E.
425.89 feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 12 degrees 43 minutes 22 seconds E.
498.01 feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 16 degrees 48 minutes 30 seconds W.
406.75 feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 48 degrees 25 minutes 54 seconds W.
200.96 feet to a concrete monument; thence crossing Interstate Route 81 S. 30 degrees
24 minutes 40 seconds E. 327.35 feet; thence with southeast side of Clover Leaf and
Route 33 S. 88 degrees 17 minutes 50 seconds E. 546.53 feet; thence S. 81 degrees 45 minutes
40 seconds E. 454.92 feet; thence S. 60 degrees 37 minutes 10 seconds E. 463.08 feet;
thence S. 47 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds E. 899.90 feet; thence S. 44 degrees 39
minutes 10 seconds E. 323.34 feet; thence with line of Harman and VanPelt S. 66 degrees
32 minutes 40 seconds, W. 676.92 feet; thence S. 9 degrees 27 minutes 20 seconds E.
505.07 feet; thence with line of Space Conditioning and Wilburn, Moore and Davis S.
83 degrees 14 minutes 10 seconds W. 2413.57 feet; thence with the eastern line of
State Route 710, N. 0 degrees 49 minutes 31 seconds W. 151.33 feet; thence N. 4 degrees
24 minutes 02 seconds W. minutes 31 seconds W. 151.33 feet; thence N. 4 degrees 24
minutes 02 seconds W. 338.10 feet; thence N. 2 degrees 20 minutes 10 seconds W. 375.63
feet; thence N. 11 degrees 32 minutes 06 seconds E. 142.22 feet; thence S. 77 degrees
02 minutes 46 seconds E. 25.69 feet; thence N. 12 degrees 36 feet 22 minutes E. 245.48
feet; thence N. 12 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds E. 100.56 feet; thence N. 11 degrees
25 minutes 29 seconds E. 254.83 feet; thence N. 19 degrees 00 minutes 53 seconds E.
537.59 feet; thence with the eastern side of Interstate Route 81 S. 72 degrees 28
minutes 40 seconds W. 326.00 feet; thence S. 75 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds W. 205.69
feet; thence S. 75 degrees 57 minutes 00 seconds W. 259.34 feet; thence S. 79 degrees
04 minutes 30 seconds W. 275.80 feet; thence crossing Interstate Route 81 N. 18 degrees
40 minutes 00 seconds W. 309.01 feet; thence with the chord of a curve S. 86 degrees
53 minutes 27 seconds W. 380.73 feet; said curve being the boundary line of the city
limits to a concrete monument; thence S. 84 degrees 50 minutes 10 seconds W. 220.87
feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 89 degrees 14 minutes 49 seconds W. 478.31
feet to a concrete monument, the point of curvature; thence with the chord of a curve
S. 67 degrees 15 minutes 13 seconds W. 3504.25 feet, said curve being the boundary
line of the city limits, to a concrete monument, the point of tangency; thence S.
45 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds W. 305.42 feet to a concrete monument; thence S.
59 degrees 51 minutes 15 seconds W. 331.55 feet to a concrete monument; thence S.
36 degrees 31 minutes 25 seconds W. 209.09 feet to a concrete monument; thence S.
42 degrees 18 minutes 12 seconds W. 82.65 feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 30
degrees 44 minutes 03 seconds E. 50.02 feet to a concrete monument, said point being
the existing city limit monument. Thence crossing Port Republic Road, Route 659 with
existing city limit line S. 47 degrees 34 minutes 57 seconds W. 394.97 feet to a concrete
monument; thence leaving existing city limit line S. 5 degrees 09 minutes 05 seconds
W. 255.94 feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 26 degrees 02 minutes 05 seconds
W. 251.43 feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 20 degrees 59 minutes 33 seconds
W. 305.47 feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 31 degrees 44 minutes 34 seconds
W. 1699.36 feet to a concrete monument; thence leaving the boundary line of the Interstate
Route 81 and crossing a field passing about 25 feet north of a poultry house N. 64
degrees 50 minutes 27 seconds W. 1759.40 feet to a concrete monument set in a fence
corner; thence with a line fence S. 13 degrees 40 minutes 09 seconds W. 205.19 feet
to a concrete monument; thence departing from the said line fence and passing north
of the Harrisonburg Livestock Pavillion, N. 63 degrees 34 minutes 19 seconds W. 388.92
feet to a concrete monument set in the east line of Dealton Avenue; thence crossing
Dealton Avenue, the C & W Railway and another street, N. 84 degrees 57 minutes 56
seconds W. 161.58 feet to a concrete monument set at the southeast corner of Buddy's
Carpetland lot; thence with the southern line of the said lot N. 58 degrees 27 minutes
01 seconds W. 97.43 feet to a concrete monument set in the east right-of-way line
of U.S. Route 11; thence with the east right-of-way line of said Route 11, S. 37 degrees
16 minutes 36 seconds W. 415.40 feet to a concrete monument; thence S. 37 degrees
28 minutes 34 seconds W. 184.85 feet to a concrete monument; thence departing from
said Route 11 and with the north property line of a lot and crossing a street and
the C & W Railway, S. 48 degrees 11 minutes 51 seconds E. 321.74 feet to a concrete
monument set in the east line of the C & W Railway; thence with the east line of the
said Railway, the chord of the curve bearing S. 21 degrees 49 minutes 40 seconds W.
1282.64 feet, the curve being the city limits, to a point in the center of Black's
Run, said point bears S. 76 degrees 09 minutes 38 seconds E. 50.00 feet from a concrete
monument set in the center of the said Railroad; thence from this point the city limits
follows the thread of Black's Run, however, the description will follow the traverse
with references to the thread of Black's Run, the traverse line, N. 76 degrees 09
minutes 38 seconds W. 50.00 feet to a concrete monument set in the center of the C
& W Railway; thence the traverse line, S. 13 degrees 50 minutes 22 seconds W. 314.17
feet to a concrete monument set in the center of the C & W Railway, the thread of
Black's Run is 93 feet east of Station 1+24 at right angles to this line; thence,
the traverse line, S. 53 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds E. 406.74 feet to a concrete
monument set in the City Shops Yard, 40 feet west of the thread of Black's Run, also
the thread of Black's Run is 99 feet east of Station 1+47 on this line; thence the
traverse line, S. 5 degrees 17 minutes 04 seconds E. 425.29 feet, crossing Black's
Run at Station 3+98, to a concrete monument, the thread of Black's Run is 77 feet
east of Station 1+26 and 145 feet east of Station 2+00 on this line; thence, the traverse
line, S. 30 degrees 01 minute 43 seconds W. 338.45 feet to a concrete monument set
47 feet east of the thread of Black's Run; thence, the traverse line crossing Black's
Run at Station 3+40, S. 13 degrees 45 minutes 47 seconds W. 699.53 feet to a concrete
monument set 53 feet west of the thread of Black's Run, the thread of Black's Run
is 40 feet west of Station 3+00 and 68 feet east of Station 5+00 on this line; thence,
leaving the thread of Black's Run, S. 89 degrees 45 minutes 40 seconds W. 53 feet
to a concrete monument and the same course continued for a distance of 1066.26 feet
further crossing the C & W Railroad to a concrete monument set in a field west of
a fence corner; thence, passing through an existing Route 11 right-of-way concrete
monument and crossing U.S. Route 11 at approximately 1,000 feet distant, N. 56 degrees
37 minutes 21 seconds W. 2934.05 feet to a concrete monument; thence, crossing State
Route 712, N. 43 degrees 44 minutes 36 seconds E. 1493.00 feet to a concrete monument
set on the north side of said Route 712; thence, with a line fence, N. 38 degrees
52 minutes 08 seconds E. 725.61 feet to a concrete monument set at a fence corner;
thence, with another line fence, N. 54 degrees 56 minutes 35 seconds W. 284.04 feet
to a concrete monument set at a fence corner; thence, with another line fence, N.
46 degrees 13 minutes 52 seconds E. 1548.60 feet to a concrete monument set 400 feet
south of State Route 726; thence crossing a field, N. 55 degrees 29 minutes 03 seconds
W. 1000.52 feet to a concrete monument set in the east line of a lane; thence with
the east line of the lane, N. 48 degrees 32 minutes 59 seconds E. 400.00 feet to a
concrete monument set in the south line of State Route 726; thence, with the south
line of State Route 726, N. 44 degrees 40 minutes 35 seconds W. 488.18 feet to a concrete
monument set on top of a hill; thence, continuing with the south line of State Route
726 and crossing State Route 827, the C & W Railway and State Route 42, N. 44 degrees
47 minutes 14 seconds W. 1165.16 feet to a concrete monument set in the north line
of State Route 42; thence, with the north line of State Route 42, N. 72 degrees 01
minute 54 seconds E. 721.83 feet to a V.D.H. monument, the point of curvature; thence,
with the arc of the said curve, chord bearing N. 70 degrees 04 minutes 28 seconds
E. 268.28 feet to a concrete monument set at a point on the curve in the west line
of a street in a new subdivision; thence with the west line of the said street, N.
33 degrees 31 minutes 18 seconds W. 200.20 feet to a concrete monument; thence leaving
the said street and with a lot line, S. 69 degrees 08 minutes 59 seconds W. 150.00
feet to a concrete monument set in a line fence, the western line of the new subdivision;
thence, with the said line fence, N. 33 degrees 54 minutes 28 seconds W. 1790.04 feet
to a concrete monument; thence, leaving the said fence and crossing some fields, N.
59 degrees 00 minutes 28 seconds E. 1271.92 feet to a pipe set in a mound of stones,
a corner of the existing city limits; thence continuing with the existing city limits,
N. 59 degrees 00 minutes 28 seconds E. 3923.02 feet to a concrete monument in Maryland
Avenue; thence crossing Maryland Avenue and New York Avenue N. 7 degrees 22 minutes
04 seconds E. 827.80 feet, to the point of Beginning, enclosing an area of 3.827.9346
acres or 5.981 square miles.
