Geographic centers of the United States
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This is a list of geographic centers of each U.S. state. Note that the geographical center of the entire U.S. is northeast of Belle Fourche in Butte County, South Dakota 44°58′N 103°46′W / 44.967°N 103.767°W, while that of the contiguous 48 is near Lebanon in Smith County, Kansas 39°50′N 98°35′W / 39.833°N 98.583°W. The geographic center of North America lies near Rugby, North Dakota 48°22′2″N 99°59′46″W / 48.36722°N 99.99611°W, though this designation has no official status.
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[edit] Centers of the states
[edit] Google Maps default center
Coffeyville, Kansas, specifically a spot just north of Coffeyville Country Club, is the default center starting point of Google Maps, being the accidental center point of the default starting map being displayed, which shows the 48 contiguous United States.[1]
[edit] See also
- Geographical centre
- Extreme points of the United States
- Extreme points of each U.S. state
- List of U.S. states by elevation
- Mean center of U.S. population
- Geographic center of the contiguous United States
[edit] References
- ^ Cadenhead, Rogers (2006-02-22). "All Google's Roads Lead to Kansas". Wired. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2006/02/70227. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Geographic Center of the United States". ngs.noaa.gov. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/GeoCenter_USA1.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
- "States and Capitals". 50states.com. 2009. http://www.50states.com. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- "Geography of the 50 States". Netstate.com. 29 February 2008. http://www.netstate.com/states/geography. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
