The Saint Stephens meridian, in longitude 88ð 02â² west from Greenwich, begins at the initial point (Ellicott's Corner), on the base line, in latitude 31ð north, passes through Saint Stephens, Alabama, extends south to Mobile Bay and north to latitude 33ð 06â² 20â³, 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 31ð 52â² 40â³ north, in the state of Mississippi.