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=== Route  ===
=== Route  ===


Some consider the start of the '''Fall Line Road''' to be Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It follows the same route from there to Fredericksburg, Virginia as the [[King's Highway]]. The '''Fall Line Road''' and [[Upper Road]] both spit off from the [[King's Highway]] at Fredericksburg.
'''Towns on the Fall Line''' ''(Northeast to Southwest)''<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Fall line" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_line (accessed 20 January 2011).</ref>  
 
'''By Town''' ''(Northeast to Southwest)''<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Fall line" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_line (accessed 20 January 2011).</ref>  


*Trenton, NJ: Delaware R.
*Philadelphia, PA: Schuylkill R.  
*Philadelphia, PA: Schuylkill R.  
*Wilmington, DE: Brandywine Creek  
*Wilmington, DE: Brandywine Creek  
*Baltimore, MD: Patapsco R.  
*Baltimore, MD: Patapsco R.  
*Georgetown, DC: Potomac R.
*Georgetown, DC: Potomac R.  
 
*Fredericksburg, VA: Rappahannock R.  
*Fredericksburg, VA: Rappahannock R.  
*Richmond, VA: James R.  
*Richmond, VA: James R.  
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*Columbus, GA: Chattahoochee R.  
*Columbus, GA: Chattahoochee R.  
*Tallassee, AL: Tallapoosa R.  
*Tallassee, AL: Tallapoosa R.  
*Montgomery, AL
*Wetumpka, AL: Coosa R.
 
Some consider the start of the '''Fall Line Road''' to be Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It follows the same route from there to Fredericksburg, Virginia as the [[King's Highway]]. The '''Fall Line Road''' and [[Upper Road]] both spit off from the [[King's Highway]] at Fredericksburg. Most but not all towns on the Fall Line are connected by the Fall Line Road.


'''By County or Independent City'''<ref name="HBG" />  
'''Counties or Independent Cities on the Fall Line Road'''<ref name="HBG" />  


*'''''Pennsylvania:''''' [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware]]  
*'''''Pennsylvania:''''' [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware]]  
*'''''Delaware:''''' [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle]]  
*'''''Delaware:''''' [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle]]  
*'''''Maryland:''''' [[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil]], [[Harford County, Maryland|Harford]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Baltimore City, Maryland|Baltimore City]], [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel]], [[Howard County, Maryland|Howard]], [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's]]  
*'''''Maryland:''''' [[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil]], [[Harford County, Maryland|Harford]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Baltimore City, Maryland|Baltimore City]], [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel]], [[Howard County, Maryland|Howard]], [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's]]  
*'''''District of Columbia:''''' [[Georgetown District, South Carolina|Georgetown]]
*'''''District of Columbia:''''' [[Georgetown District, South Carolina|Georgetown]]  
 
*'''''Virginia:''''' [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax]], [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William]], [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford]], [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]], [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline]], [[Hanover County, Virginia|Hanover]], [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico]], [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]], [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]], [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie]], [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]]  
*'''''Virginia:''''' [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax]], [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William]], [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford]], [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]], [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline]], [[Hanover County, Virginia|Hanover]], [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico]], [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]], [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]], [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie]], [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]]  
*'''''North Carolina:''''' [[Warren County, North Carolina|Warren]], [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin]], [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]], [[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston]], [[Harnett County, North Carolina|Harnett]], [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]], [[Hoke County, North Carolina|Hoke]], [[Scotland County, North Carolina|Scotland]]  
*'''''North Carolina:''''' [[Warren County, North Carolina|Warren]], [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin]], [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]], [[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston]], [[Harnett County, North Carolina|Harnett]], [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]], [[Hoke County, North Carolina|Hoke]], [[Scotland County, North Carolina|Scotland]]  
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