The Saint Stephen's Meridian, in longitude 88° 02' west from Greenwich, begins at the initial point (Ellicott's Corner), on the base line, in latitude 31° north, passes through Saint Stephen's, extends south to Mobile Bay and north to latitude 33° 06' 20", and governs the surveys in the southern district of Alabama, and in Pearl River district lying east of the river and south of the Choctaw Baseline, in latitude 31° 52' 40" north, in the state of Mississippi.

Source

• Raymond, William Galt Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field. New York: American Book Company.