Stokes Surveying, LLC

03/21/2026

I almost missed National Surveyors Week.
This is the last day.
I’m thankful to be a part of such a great profession that is a bedrock of our nation and human history.

03/20/2026

Stokes Surveying, LLC is not endorsing any candidate for sheriff or any candidate of any of the elections for that matter.

I have been asked many times over the years about putting up signs in front of my property for political or other purposes. The answer has always been, “No, thank you.”

Any sign that gets put in front of my property in Clarksburg got there without my permission and needs to be removed.

I wish all our candidates well, pray for all our elected officials, and do not want signs of any kind on my property.
God bless you all,
Andrew Stokes

03/27/2025

Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors (TAPS) had another successful Day on the Hill promoting our profession and helping advance legislation that is beneficial to the public. We appreciate the time given by our elected officials and the support we counter to receive from them.

03/18/2025

https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2025/03/06/the-2024-merit-badge-rankings-take-a-swing-at-guessing-what-made-the-largest-gains-this-year/?utm_source=scoutingwire&utm_campaign=DM100063&utm_medium=email&utm_content=

Well, surveying merit badge managed to beat out bugling again to keep it from being the least earned merit badge. Come on, scouts, have some fun and take the Surveying Merit Badge :)

Reading this post is not only a great way to learn about Scouts but also the general interests of youth from around the country.

10/02/2024

Thank you to Mr. Winston Edgin and Scotts Hill High School FFA for the opportunity to speak to some fantastic students today about surveying as a career!

03/22/2024

What does it take to be a surveyor? Why should the public be aware of what a surveyor does?

If you need more information about the profession while promoting it to the public, check out the BeaSurveyor.com website for lots of great resources and information. Check it out today!

03/20/2024

National Surveyors Week every year starts with the third Sunday in March and aims to educate the public through classroom contact, media, and visible public service.

Share your efforts and stories with NSPS at [email protected]!

03/20/2024

Right in the middle of National Surveyor’s Week, we’re spending the day at a high school career fair telling 400 students they should consider a “Career Without Boundaries”

12/22/2023

Sunset in the ‘Burg

11/14/2023

Interesting read.

November 14, 1779 - Surveyors Walker and Smith got off course while establishing the border between Kentucky and Tennessee in what is now Simpson County, Kentucky and Robertson County, Tennessee. A pronounced dip south creates a triangular shaped portion of land known as the “Simpson County Offset.”

The surveyors lost track of the proper location of the line due to cloudy weather which didn’t allow them to obtain correct astronomical observations. Walker also noted that, “there was some iron ore in that vicinity, which deflected the needle of the compass.” Clearly a mistake, surveyors were sent to the area again in the 1830s to redraw the line. However, they recommended leaving the border where it was and let each state yield its claim to the territory and both states agreed.

The matter was brought up again a couple of decades later by a Robertson County, Tennessee settler named Middleton who claimed that 101 acres of his property protruded into Kentucky and was properly part of Tennessee. Once again, surveyors were dispatched to the area in 1859 to settle the dispute. The surveyors agreed with Middleton and redrew the line around his property leaving a rectangular shaped protrusion northward into Kentucky. Some have suggested that a barrel of whiskey offered by Middleton helped the surveyors find the location of the haphazard border.

In the early 19th century, the land - more than 600 acres - was known as a dueling ground as it was considered a “no-man’s land” between Kentucky and Tennessee and where those who might be charged with illegally dueling could dispute which state in which the duel had taken place.