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Anyone know the absolute geographic center point of the USA?
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:45 pm
Doesn't seem to be noted on any common maps.
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Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:47 pm to Tiger Ryno
It doesn't seèm quite right but I've been told it's somewhere in Nebraska.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:48 pm to Tiger Ryno
somewhere in northern Kansas, southern Nebraska I would think
ETA Lebanon Kansas.
ETA Lebanon Kansas.
quote:
Its position as located in a 1918 survey is located at 39°50'N 98°35'W, in Kansas about 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of the center of Lebanon, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of the Kansas-Nebraska border.[1] While any measurement of the exact center of a land mass will always be imprecise due to changing shorelines and other factors, the NGS coordinates are recognized in a historical marker in a small park at the intersection of AA Road and K-191. It is accessible by a turn-off from U.S. Route 281. It is distinct from the geographic center of the United States, which reflects the 1959 additions of the states of Alaska and Hawaii, which is located at a point northeast of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. In an unusual technical glitch, a farmstead northeast of Potwin, Kansas became the default site of 600 million IP addresses (due to their lack of fine granularity) when the Massachusetts-based digital mapping company MaxMind changed the putative geographic center of the contiguous United States from 39.8333333,-98.585522 to 38.0000,-97.0000
This post was edited on 8/29/16 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:49 pm to Tiger Ryno
It's in South Dakota--can't remember the name of the town.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:49 pm to Tiger Ryno
Lower 48 is Lebanon, Kansas.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:50 pm to Tiger Ryno
quote:
In 1918, the Coast and Geodetic Survey found this location by balancing on a point a cardboard cutout shaped like the U.S.[5] Incredibly, this method was accurate to within 20 miles, but while the Geodetic Survey no longer endorses any location as the center of the U.S., the identification of Lebanon, Kansas has remained.[6][7]
Interesting.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:50 pm to Napoleon
That's the geographic center of the continental US.
If you count Alaska and Hawaii...it's in South Dakota.
If you count Alaska and Hawaii...it's in South Dakota.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:51 pm to Tiger Ryno
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:51 pm to Napoleon
The center of the contiguous 48? Or of the 50 states? Or of all U.S. territory, including Puerto Rico and Guam, etc.?
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:51 pm to PairofDucks
quote:
That's the geographic center of the continental US.
If you count Alaska and Hawaii...it's in South Dakota.
You know what he meant.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:53 pm to HardHat
Huge if true.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:54 pm to Tiger Ryno
Posted on 8/29/16 at 1:59 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Posted on 8/29/16 at 2:04 pm to Tiger Ryno
Posted on 8/29/16 at 2:06 pm to Tiger Ryno
So how come you didn't just google it?
Posted on 8/29/16 at 2:23 pm to Tiger Ryno
With what I'm being told about the disappearing Louisiana coastline I'm sure it's moving a bit north every year.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 2:27 pm to Tiger Ryno
This is a great article about farms in the area investigated for hacking due to the way IP addresses are tracked to the center of the US.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 8/29/16 at 2:29 pm to PairofDucks
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If you count Alaska and Hawaii...it's in South Dakota.
Belle Fourche, SD. I was there this summer. If you are driving by its worth a stop to visit the little museum they have there about the history of the area. It's a good leg stretch and take a picture of the monument stop.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 2:49 pm to PairofDucks
What if you include all 57 states?
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